Cultural anthropology : an applied perspective

Author(s)

• Ferraro, Gary P.

Bibliographic Information

Cultural anthropology : an applied perspective

Gary Ferraro

Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2004

5th ed

• Student ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [420]-[427]) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This comprehensive cultural anthropology text takes an applied perspective to the study of society's behaviour. This edition also includes a CD-ROM featuring video clips, biographies of noted anthropologists, and interactive exercises.

Table of Contents

• What Is Anthropology?
• The Concept of Culture
• Applied Anthropology
• The Growth of Anthropological Theory
• Methods in Cultural Anthropology
• Language
• Getting Food
• Economics
• Marriage and the Family
• Kinship and Descent
• Sex and Gender
• Political Organization and Social Control
• Social Stratification
• Supernatural Beliefs
• Art
• Culture Change and Globalization.

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Details

• NCID: BA68850496
• ISBN:
  • 0534614973
• LCCN: 2002114049
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Belmont, CA
• Pages/Volumes: xxiii, 428 p.
• Size: 26 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN316
  • DC21 : 306
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ethnology
  • LCSH : Applied anthropology