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==Works==
 
==Works==
 
* ''Our Primitive Contemporaries'', New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934, [https://archive.org/download/ourprimitivecont031908mbp/ourprimitivecont031908mbp.pdf IA].
 
* ''Our Primitive Contemporaries'', New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934, [https://archive.org/download/ourprimitivecont031908mbp/ourprimitivecont031908mbp.pdf IA].
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* editor, ''Studies in the Science of Society'', New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937.
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* with C.S. Ford, A.E. Hudson, R. Kennedy, L. W. Simmons, and J.W.M. Whiting, ''Outline of Cultural Materials'', New Haven: Institute of Human Relations, 1938; 2n edition, New Haven: Yale Anthropological Studies, 1945.
  
 
* ''Social organization of Truk'', Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1947.
 
* ''Social organization of Truk'', Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1947.
  
 
* ''Social structure'', New York/ London: The Macmillan Company, Collier-Macmillan Limited, 1949; 1965,  [https://ia801405.us.archive.org/25/items/socialstructure00murd/socialstructure00murd.pdf OL].
 
* ''Social structure'', New York/ London: The Macmillan Company, Collier-Macmillan Limited, 1949; 1965,  [https://ia801405.us.archive.org/25/items/socialstructure00murd/socialstructure00murd.pdf OL].
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* ''Africa: Its peoples and their culture history'', New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959.
  
 
* ''Ethnographic Atlas:  A Summary'', Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1967, [http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=114C8931E0339C013F011BEB288C8236 PDF], [https://archive.org/details/GeorgeP.MurdockEthnographicAtlasUniversityOfPittsburghPress1967 IA], [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1181936W/Ethnographic_atlas OL].
 
* ''Ethnographic Atlas:  A Summary'', Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1967, [http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=114C8931E0339C013F011BEB288C8236 PDF], [https://archive.org/details/GeorgeP.MurdockEthnographicAtlasUniversityOfPittsburghPress1967 IA], [https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1181936W/Ethnographic_atlas OL].

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George Peter Murdock (May 11, 1897 – March 29, 1985) was an American anthropologist who pioneered the cross-cultural analytical method. His work included preparation of cross-cultural data sets, in which he coded hundreds of cultures for a wide variety of variables. His intention was that these would provide the basis for cross-cultural studies by many researchers, as they have. Although his approach appeared somewhat mechanistic, it derived from his view of social science as a whole discipline. He communicated with researchers beyond the strict confines of anthropology, and his data sets were designed to be useful to those investigating many aspects of human society.

Works

  • Our Primitive Contemporaries, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934, IA.
  • editor, Studies in the Science of Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937.
  • with C.S. Ford, A.E. Hudson, R. Kennedy, L. W. Simmons, and J.W.M. Whiting, Outline of Cultural Materials, New Haven: Institute of Human Relations, 1938; 2n edition, New Haven: Yale Anthropological Studies, 1945.
  • Social organization of Truk, Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1947.
  • Social structure, New York/ London: The Macmillan Company, Collier-Macmillan Limited, 1949; 1965, OL.
  • Africa: Its peoples and their culture history, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959.
  • Ethnographic Atlas: A Summary, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1967, PDF, IA, OL.
  • Atlas of World Cultures, Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981.

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