Human Societies
De Swaan, Abram (University of Amsterdam) / Jackson, Beverley
This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences.Each chapter addresses a fundamental question about people in their various arrangements. The book begins by asking: what do people need from one another, what do they need to survive and how do these needs make them dependent upon others? Subsequent chapters deal with the ties that bind people, the expectations th...
