Cultural anthropology : a basic introduction
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Bibliographic Information
Cultural anthropology : a basic introduction
University Press of America, c1994
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Cultural anthropology handbook
Available at 4 libraries
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Originally published: Cultural anthropology handbook. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1978
Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-215) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This handbook provides a solid introduction to cultural anthropology. The author conveys a number of complex issues and ideas in cultural anthropology briefly and clearly without becoming enmeshed in excessive ethnographic detail and esoteric theoretical debates; yet it covers all the essential topics expected in an introduction to the field. Cultural Anthropology uses both an evolutionary, cross-cultural overview and an institutional overview to organize its material. Contents: Preface; INTRODUCTION; What Anthropology Is; Culture and Society; EVOLUTIONARY OVERVIEW; Preliminaries: Evolutionary and Institutional Overviews; Hunter-Gatherers; Horticulturalists; Agriculturalists; Pastoralists; Industrialists; INSTITUTIONAL OVERVIEW; Preliminaries: Ordering Social Relations; Economic Organization; Political Organization; Kinship, Descent, Residence; Marriage and Family; Religion; References; Appendices; Glossary; Index.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: What Anthropology Is
- Culture and Society. Part 2 Evolutionary Overview: Preliminaries - Evolutionary and Institutional Overviews
- Hunter-gatherers
- Horticulturists
- Agriculturists
- Pastoralists
- Industrialists. Part 3 Institutional Overview: Preliminaries - Ordering Social Relations
- Economic Organisation
- Political Organisation
- Kinship, Descent, Residence
- Marriage and Family
- Religion.
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