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Palauan social structureBook 1983 • Smith, DeVerne Reed
Belau • Oceania > Micronesia
This work presents an ethnographic description of the nature of Belau social organization. Smith's analysis indicates that structure and event are molded by the interaction of the core principles of descent, alliance and cross-siblingship. No one pri...