Gordon D. Gibson

666 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 425 citations indexed

About

Gordon D. Gibson is a scholar working on Anthropology, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon D. Gibson has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 425 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Anthropology, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Gordon D. Gibson's work include African history and culture studies (4 papers), South African History and Culture (2 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 papers). Gordon D. Gibson is often cited by papers focused on African history and culture studies (4 papers), South African History and Culture (2 papers) and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 papers). Gordon D. Gibson collaborates with scholars based in United States. Gordon D. Gibson's co-authors include Jack Goody, W. J. Burchell, Peter Carstens, Ian B. Stewart, Ernest Rose, E. Richard Sorenson, Karl G. Heider, Luc de Heusch, Robert E. Steele and Paul Ekman and has published in prestigious journals such as American Sociological Review, American Anthropologist and Current Anthropology.

In The Last Decade

Gordon D. Gibson

13 papers receiving 283 citations

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The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups.

1958 326 citations Gordon D. Gibson, Jack Goody American Sociological Review profile →

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19 of 19 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Revisiting the Native Land Question 2010 ·Open Collections ·Cole Harris, Jo‐Anne Fiske, Gordon D. Gibson	0
2	Roasting Chestnuts: The Mythology of Maritime Political Culture 1995 ·CrossRef Listing of Deleted DOIs ·(unknown), Ian B. Stewart, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gordon D. Gibson	7
3	Plan B: The future of the rest of Canada 1994 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Gordon D. Gibson	2
4	The Kavango peoples 1981 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Gordon D. Gibson, (unknown), (unknown)	6
5	The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola 1980 ·Ethnohistory ·Wade Pendleton, (unknown), Gordon D. Gibson	1
6	The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola. Vol. I: The Non-Bantu Peoples-The Ambo Ethnic Group 1978 ·ASA Review of Books ·Joseph C. Miller, (unknown), Gordon D. Gibson	1
7	The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola. Volume I: The Non-Bantu Peoples. The Ambo Ethnic Group 1977 ·The International Journal of African Historical Studies ·(unknown), (unknown), Gordon D. Gibson	1
8	Himba Epochs 1977 ·History in Africa ·Gordon D. Gibson	18
9	The Ethnography of Southwestern Angola. The Non-Bantu Peoples, the Ambo Ethnic Group 1977 ·Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines ·Peter Carstens, (unknown), Gordon D. Gibson	5
10	Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa 1971 ·Ethnohistory ·Gordon D. Gibson, W. J. Burchell	4
11	A Bibliography of Anthropological Bibliographies: Africa 1969 ·Current Anthropology ·Gordon D. Gibson	2
12	A Research Film Program in the Study of Changing Man [and Comments and Replies] 1967 ·Current Anthropology ·E. Richard Sorenson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Paul Ekman, Gordon D. Gibson, Karl G. Heider, Luc de Heusch, F. D. McCarthy, Margaret Mead, Ernest Rose, (unknown), Robert E. Steele	17
13	American Anthropological Association Council Meeting, Saturday, November 20, 1965, Denver, Colorado 1966 ·American Anthropologist ·(unknown), George D. Spindler, William C. Sturtevant, Gordon D. Gibson	1
14	258. The Himba Trumpet 1962 ·Man ·Gordon D. Gibson	1
15	Union of South Africa, Department of Bantu Administration and Development, Ethnological Publications. Pretoria: Government Printer. No. 38. A Study of Okahandja District (South West Africa). By Günter Wagner (revised and edited by Oswin Köhler). 1957. Pp. 106, map. 4s. 6d. - Union of South Africa, Department of Bantu Administration and Development, Ethnological Publications. Pretoria: Government Printer. No. 40. A Study of Karibib District (South West Africa). By Oswin Köhler. 1958. Pp. 116, map. 4s. 3d. - Union of South Africa, Department of Bantu Administration and Development, Ethnological Publications. Pretoria: Government Printer. No. 42. A Study of Gobabis District (South West Africa). By Oswin Köhler. 1959. Pp. 108, map. 4s. 9d. - Union of South Africa, Department of Bantu Administration and Development, Ethnological Publications. Pretoria: Government Printer. No. 43. A Study of Omaruru District (South West Africa). By Oswin Köhler. 1959. Pp. 113, map. 4s. 9d. (Nos. 40, 42, and 43 partly based on material of Günter Wagner.) 1960 ·Africa ·Gordon D. Gibson	1
16	ON A COMMON STATISTICAL FALLACY: Sir: 1959 ·American Anthropologist ·Gordon D. Gibson	1
17	The Developmental Cycle in Domestic Groups. breakdown → 1958 ·American Sociological Review ·Gordon D. Gibson, Jack Goody	326
18	Double Descent and Its Correlates among the Herero of Ngamiland¹ 1956 ·American Anthropologist ·Gordon D. Gibson	28
19	Other: Mathematical Biology of Social Behavior. Nicolas Rashevsky 1952 ·American Anthropologist ·Gordon D. Gibson	3

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