Lewis Henry Morgan's Comparisons

<p> About 150 years ago Lewis Henry Morgan compared relationship terminologies societal forms and ideas of property to recognize the interdependence of the three domains. From a new perspective the book re-examines confirms and criticizes Morgan's findings to conclude that reciprocal affinal relations determine most 'classificatory' terminologies and regulate many non-state societies their property notions and their rituals. Apart from references to American and Australian features such holistic socio-cultural constructs are exemplified by elaborate descriptions of little known contemporary Indigenous societies in Highland Middle India altogether comprising many millions of members.</p>