Publication

1994 - University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland

Language

English

Word Count

66,750 words, Guess

Page Count

267 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100819194956
  • ISBN-139780819194954
  • LibraryThing7741421
  • Goodreads2329549
  • Library of Congress Control Number94006769
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780819194954
  • Open LibraryOL1083129M

Classifications

  • DDC306
  • LCCGN316 .V58 1994
  • LCCGN316.V58 1994

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.

Subjects

Topics

Other Editions

  • Cultural anthropology: a basic introductionUniversity Press of America1994-01-01

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