The Compact
Selected Dimensions of Friendship
- Publisher
- ISER Books
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1974
- Category
- Cultural
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780919666085
- Publish Date
- Jan 1974
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
This is the first major attempt in modern anthropology at studying friendship on a cross-cultural basis. The collection brings together field studies from Ireland, Canada, Africa, and New Guinea (including an essay on friendship among the primates). In addition, Robert Paine, Cora Du Bois and S.N. Eisenstadt each provide theoretical approaches to our understanding of the friendship bond in human behaviour.
About the author
Elliott Leyton is one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s most distinguished authors and scholars. His books include The Myth of Delinquency, Hunting Humans, Men of Blood and Touched by Fire. He is professor emeritus at Memorial University Newfoundland, and holds research and faculty appointments in Ireland and England.
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