TY - GEN AU - Banton,Michael TI - Social anthropology of complex societies T2 - Routledge library editions, SN - 9780415866569 U1 - 306 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Social anthropology N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Eric R. Wolf Kinship, Friendship, and Patron-Client Relations in complex Societies -- Burton Benedict Sociological Characteristics of Small Territories and their Implications for Economic Development -- J. Clyde Mitchell Theoretical Orientations in African Urban Studies -- Joe Loudon Religious Order and Mental Disorder: A Study in a South Wales Rural Community -- Adrian C. Mayer The Significance of Quasi-Groups in the Study of Complex societies -- Ronald Frankenberg British Community Studies: Problems of Synthesis N2 - This volume illustrates how much the study of social anthropologists has encompassed other, non-primitive societies: rural Italy, urban Africa, village politics in India and the smaller ex-colonial territories of Fiji and Mauritius are just some of the areas covered by the book. ER -