Historical Inference from Cross-Cultural Data: The Case of Dowry

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EthosVolume 1, Issue 4 p. 517-520 Free Access Historical Inference from Cross-Cultural Data: The Case of Dowry GaryB. Jackson, GaryB. Jackson Gary B. Jacksonis a graduate student in Anthropology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine.Search for more papers by this authorA. KimballRomney, A. KimballRomney A. KimballRomneyis a Professor of Anthropology also at the School of Social Sciences, University of California. Irvine.Search for more papers by this author GaryB. Jackson, GaryB. Jackson Gary B. Jacksonis a graduate student in Anthropology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine.Search for more papers by this authorA. KimballRomney, A. KimballRomney A. KimballRomneyis a Professor of Anthropology also at the School of Social Sciences, University of California. Irvine.Search for more papers by this author First published: Winter 1973 https://doi.org/10.1525/eth.1973.1.4.02a00130Citations: 12 AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat REFERENCES Coult, Allan D., and Robert W. Habenstein. 1965. Cross Tabulations of Murdock's World Ethnographic Sample. University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. David G. Mandelbaum (ed.). 1958. Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture, Personality. University of California Press. (Originally published in 1949.). Murdock, George P. 1957. World Ethnographic Sample. American Anthropologist 59: 664– 687. Whiting, John W. M. 1959. Sorcery, Sin, and the Superego: A Cross-Cultural Study of Some Mechanisms of Social Control, Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, pp. 174– 195. University of Nebraska Press. Whiting, John W. M. 1962. Comment. American Journal of Sociology 67: 391– 393. Whiting, John W. M. 1964 Effects of Climate on Certain Cultural Practices, Explorations in Cultural Anthropology ( Ward H. Goodenough, ed.), pp. 511– 544. McGraw-Hill. Whiting, John W. M., Eleanor H. Chasdi, Helen F. Antonovsky, and Barbara C. Ayers. 1966. The Learning of Values, People of Rimrock ( Evon Z. Vogt and Ethel M. Albert, eds.), pp. 83– 125. Harvard University Press. Citing Literature Volume1, Issue4Winter 1973Pages 517-520 ReferencesRelatedInformation