This book examines the uses made of anthropology by Marx and Engels, and the uses made of Marxism by anthropologists.

All the major techniques of inquiry which anthropology students now take for granted were first set out in this book in 1800.

A study of the beginnings of law and the primitive stages of its development, from the first rudimentary rules of conduct to the codes of the legal systems. Its scope extends to both cultures and legal systems from the ancient and medieval past.

The book deals with the history of the relationship of classical studies and anthropology, and the more material aspects of ancient Greek life are also considered.

The ritual of rainmaking is one of half a dozen Japanese folk practices and festivals described in this book.

Myths are the expression of a form of knowledge essential to life. Including mainly previously unpublished works by A M Hocart the book examines many fascinating issues.

this collections contains ten essays by anthropologists on the beliefs associated with witches and sorcerers in Eastern Africa.

The theme of this volume, the witch figure as a malevolent intermediary in folk belief, was chosen to reflect that aspect of Briggs's scholarship exemplified in her study of witchcraft.