Making Historical Connections
Galton's Problem and Opportunity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7738486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lewellyn Hendrix (Southern Illinois University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 308-330 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cross-Cultural Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1069-3971 • E-ISSN: 1552-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106939719703100402 |
| OpenAlex | W2045630758 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 59 |
Galton's problem, the issue of the effects of historical connections between societies based on their characteristics, has received much attention from cross-culturalists. The author reviews the three major responses to Galton's problem and points out that each response treats it as a methodological difficulty. I argue that it would be more fruitful to reframe Galton's problem as a substantive issue, for then cross-culturalists could develop a better under standing of the different kinds of connections among societies and their effects. Links between societies are important forces helping to shape life within each society. I support this argument with exam ples on intersocietal trading ofgoods, labor exchanges, warfare, and interbreeding
Argument (complex analysis · Biology · Cognitive reframing · Economics · Epistemology · Galton's problem · Positive economics · Sociology · Statistics · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Economic Theory and Institutions · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
The status of women in preindustrial societies
Ancient North America
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Argonauts of the western Pacific
Warfare, Sex Ratio, and Polygyny
Rethinking Polygyny
The Politics of Reproductive Ritual
The Elementary Structures of Kinship
Men's fear of sex with women
Galton's Problem as Spatial Autocorrelation
The fighting Cheyennes
Statistical Probabilities, Functional Relationships, and Galton's Problem
Extramarital Sex Norms in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Cross-Cultural Patterning of Some Sexual Attitudes and Practices1
Statistical Inference in Comparative Research
A Universe of Neighboring Societies Based Upon the Ethnographic Atlas
Warfare Regulation
An Evaluation of Alternative Theories of Matrilocal Versus Patrilocal Residence
Galton's Opportunity
Regional Comparisons, Replications, and Historical Network Analysis
Illegitimacy and Social Structures
Migration, External Warfare, and Matrilocal Residence
Is the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample Biased? A Simulation Study
Trade and Matrilineality
The late prehistoric Cahokia cultural system of the Mississippi River valley
Mighty Sifts
Dominant Epistemological Presuppositions in the Use of the Cross-Cultural Survey Method [and Comments and Reply]
Sampling and Samples in Cross-Cultural Studies
Galton's Problem in Cross-National Research
Resource Unpredictability, Mistrust, and War
Sampling in Cross-Cultural Research
Demographic Antecedents of a Revitalization Movement
Conjugal Power and Spousal Resources in Patriarchal Cultures
On the Development of Unilineal Descent
Kula; the Circulating Exchange of Valuables in the Archipelagoes of Eastern New Guinea
An Empirical Test of Galton's Problem
On a Method of Investigating the Development of Institutions; Applied to Laws of Marriage and Descent
Standard Cross-Cultural Sample
Social Organization, Spousal Resources, and Marital Power
A Cross-Cultural Test of Collins's Theory of Sexual Stratification
Prehistoric Macaws and Parrots in the Mimbres Area, New Mexico
Sourcing Busycon Artifacts of the Eastern United States
Prehistoric Macaw Breeding in the North American Southwest
Galton's Problem as network autocorrelation
The Diffusion Possibility Method
Dowry as Female Competition
A Cross-Cultural Historical Analysis of Subsistence Change
Female Political Participation
Statistical Evidence for an Ecological Explanation of Warfare
Sexual Division of Labor in African Agriculture
The Conditions Favoring Matrilocal Versus Patrilocal Residence
Internal War
An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth
The Conditions Favoring Multilocal Residence
Regions Based on Social Structure
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2013 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |