Veer, Peter van der  (1953-....) <br/><br/>
The value of comparison  [Texte imprimé] / 
Peter van der Veer ; with a foreword by Thomas Gibson 
 - Durham ;  London :  Duke University Press,  2016 
 - 1 vol. (XII-192 p.) :  couv. ill. ;  25 cm 
 - The lewis henry morgan lectures .
 - The Lewis Henry Morgan lectures (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) .
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. [171]-182 
<br/><br/>The fragment and the whole -- The comparative advantage of anthropology -- Market and money: a critique of rational choice theory -- Civilization and comparison -- Keeping the Muslims out: concepts of civilization, civility, and civil society in India, China, and Western Europe -- The afterlife of images -- Comparing exclusion -- Lost in the mountains: notes on diversity in the Southeast Asian mainland massif -- Who cares? Care arrangements and sanitation for the poor in India and elsewhere 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-8223-6139-8 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Anthropology--China--Comparative method Ethnology--China--Comparative method Sociology--China--Comparative method Anthropology--India--Comparative method Ethnology--India--Comparative method Sociology--India--Comparative method 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.80095