Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Old ways - new ways : Talang Mamak of Tiga Balai, Inderagiri Hulu, Propinsi Riau, Sumatra 

      Singleton, William (University of St Andrews, 1998) - Thesis
      In this thesis I place detailed descriptions of Talang Mamak lives in an historically reconstructed context which focuses upon the Talang Mamak's status as debt-bondsmen of the Sultans of the kingdom of ...

    • Scottish Highlanders in colonial Georgia : the recruitment, emigration and settlement at Darien, 1735-1748 

      Parker, Anthony W. (University of St Andrews, 1996) - Thesis
      This volume is a study of the immigration of three individual groups of Scottish Highlanders as they ventured to the new colony of Georgia in British North America between the years 1735 and 1748. ...

    • Acculturation and bilingualism in Guambía (Colombia) 

      Long, Violet (University of St Andrews, 1980) - Thesis
      The objective of this study is to trace the relationship between oveit and covert acculturation and bilingualism in the Colombian Indian community of Guambia. The first section describes the ten indicators ...

    • Phonology of San Martin Quechua 

      Howkins, Douglas William (University of St Andrews, 1972) - Thesis
      While the present work is far from being a definitive one, it does aim at providing a fairly complete phonology of San Martin Quechua. The author has tried to give a satisfactory account of the descriptive problems and ...

    • Archaeology of Trobriand knowledge: Foucault in the Trobriand Islands 

      Slattery, David P. (University of St Andrews, 1992) - Thesis
      This thesis holds that the application of the archaeological method, developed by the French philosopher Michel Foucault, to the field of anthropology reveals a hitherto hidden primitive episteme. Such a project represents ...