Epstein, A. L. (Arnold Leonard)

English husband and wife anthropologists who specialized in the study of Melanesian culture. Arnold Epstein began his career as a member of the of Rhodes-Livingstone Institute in Lansaka, Northern Rhodesia, where his efforts were directed at investigating African native tribal laws. Trude Scarlett Epstein first studied economic development and social change of among the Mysore villages in southern India. Both Epsteins were eventually appointed to the faculty of the University of Sussex in Brighton, England.

From the description of Arnold Leonard and Trude Scarlett Epstein Papers, 1949-1981. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 22776815

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