Origins, Ancestry and Alliance

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Origins, Ancestry and Alliance is written by James J. Fox and published by ANU E Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1920942874 (ISBN 10) and 9781920942878 (ISBN 13).

This collection of papers, the third in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project, explores indigenous Austronesian ideas of origin, ancestry and alliance and considers the comparative significance of these ideas in social practice. The papers examine social practice in a diverse range of societies extending from insular Southeast Asia to the islands of the Pacific.