Author: Friedman, Jonathan
Title: System, Structure and Contradiction: The Evolution of 'Asiatic' Social Formations
Description: Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, (1979). orig.wrappers. 24x17cm, 317 pp, Series: National Museum of Denmark, Social Studies in Oceania & South East Asia, 2.. Textual graphs,charts,tables. Inked name to half-title, minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction; Specific Theory; Environment & Technology; The Kachin; Expansion & Contradiction; The Short Cycle & the Long Cycle; Evolution & Devolution; Conclusion. ["..My studies in Paris in 1967-68 were clearly important in my theoretical development, especially through the works and lectures of Levi-Strauss and the early Godelier. The single most powerful theoretical influence, however was probably that of Lynn Marcus, especially his then unpublished manuscript 'Dialectical Economics' " - author's prefatory acknowledgement].

Keywords: Social Anthropology, Southeast Asia, Burma, Hill Peoples, Kachin Sociology, Economic, Ethnography, Structuralist, Marxist Theory