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The mountain of names : a history of the human family

Shoumatoff, Alex. (Author).

Summary: The author scales the mountain of names, the great pyramid of ancestry and relationship that unites all human beings.

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  • ISBN: 0671494406
  • ISBN: 9780671494407
  • ISBN: 0679731903
  • ISBN: 9780679731900
  • Physical Description: print
    318 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, ©1985.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-303) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: PART I: A HISTORY OF THE HUMAN FAMILY: The need for kinship -- Traditional kinship -- Stratification and pedigrees -- Types of inheritance -- The aristocracies of Europe -- The rise of modern individualism -- New patterns of American kinship -- The return to kinship -- PART II: THE MOUNTAIN OF NAMES: The kinship of mankind -- The mountain of names.
Subject: Kinship History
Families History
Families
Kinship
Genre: History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library GN 487 .S36 1985 260538 Stacks Available -

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