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Excerpt from Reports Upon the Present Condition and Future Needs of the Science of Anthropology The object of this report is to consider which part of the world outside America presents the most favorable opportunities for anthropological investigation and the kind of inquiry from which the most valuable results may be anticipated. In considering these matters I propose to lay especial stress on a feature which serves to differentiate anthrop...

Excerpt from Kinship and Social Organisation These lectures were delivered at the London School of Economics in May of the present year. They are largely based on experience gained in the work of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to Melanesia of 1908, and give a simplified record of social conditions which will be described in detail in the full account of the work of that expedition. A few small additions and modifications have been made si...

Excerpt from Essays on the Depopulation of Melanesia I Gladly accepted an invitation to contribute a preface to this collection of essays dealing with a specific case of the inter-relations of white men and "natives, " a subject which for fifty years has been of the greatest interest to me, and one which, if till recently it attached less general interest, has now now become of very great and ever increasing imperial importance. The British n...

William Halse Rivers Rivers, FRCP, FRS, (1864-1922) was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist, best known for his work with soldiers during World War I who were suffering from shell shock. Rivers's most famous patient was the poet Siegfried Sassoon. He is also famous for his participation in the Torres Straits expedition of 1898, and his consequent seminal work on the subject of kinship. Conflict and Dreams was p...

Excerpt from The History of Melanesian Society, Vol. 2 of 2IN entering upon the theoretical discussion of the material presented in the first volume of this book, it will be well to begin with a short consideration of the principles upon which the study and the mode of arrangement of the argument will be based.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis b...

Originally published in 1922, this book addresses the problem of depopulation in Melanesia as a result of white interference and colonialism.

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First published in 1914, W. H. R. Rivers' hugely influential study was the first to effectively demonstrate the close connection between methods of denoting relationship or kinship and forms of social organisation, including those based on different forms of the institution of marriage.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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This vintage book contains W. H. R. River's 1920 treatise, "Instinct and the Unconscious". It attempts to put into a biological setting the system of psychotherapy, and explores at length the subconscious, repression, hysteria, neurosis, hypnotism, and many other related topics. This fascinating volume will be of considerable utility to students of psychology, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of River's seminal work. Contents inc...

This vintage book contains W. H. R. Rivers' 1920 treatise, "Instinct and the Unconscious". It attempts to put the system of psychotherapy into a biological setting, and explores at length the subconscious, repression, hysteria, neurosis, hypnotism, and many other related topics. This fascinating volume will be of considerable utility to students of psychology, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Rivers' seminal work. Contents inc...

William Schofield presents a classic analysis of mental illness, of professional psychotherapists and their training, and of the elements of psychotherapy

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

William Halse Rivers Rivers, FRCP, FRS, (1864-1922) was an English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist and psychiatrist, best known for his work with shellshocked soldiers during World War I. Rivers' most famous patient was the poet Siegfried Sassoon. He is also famous for his participation in the Torres Straits expedition of 1898, and his consequent seminal work on the subject of kinship. Rivers suffered from a stammer that never truly l...