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DERAP Working Paper | 1990
The vagaries of descent-reckoning: Father's right is mother's loss
"Pure" matrilineal systems are said to be "doomed" because they are incompatible with economic growth. The author argues that descent systems are not always changed by forces beyond control but...
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (DERAP Working Paper D 1990: 13) 19 p.