Cultural anthropology : a basic introduction

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Cultural anthropology : a basic introduction

Frank Robert Vivelo

University Press of America, c1994

  • : pbk : alk. paper

Uniform Title

Cultural anthropology handbook

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Note

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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Details

  • NCID
    BA24536927
  • ISBN
    • 0819194956
  • LCCN
    94006769
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Lanham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 267 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
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