Humanity An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology,9780534514556

Humanity An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

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Edition: 5th
ISBN13: 9780534514556
ISBN10: 0534514553
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-08-04
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

This mainstream introductory text has earned a reputation for the excellence of its research-oriented approach to the core principles of cultural anthropology. The text emphasizes the diversity of humanity and shows why an appreciation and tolerance of cultural difference is critical in the modern world.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
The Study of Humanity
1(14)
PART I Humanity, Culture, and Language
Culture
15(18)
Culture and Language
33(18)
PART II Theories and Methods of Cultural Anthropology
The Development of Anthropological Thought
51(18)
Methods of Investigation
69(15)
PART III Diversity
Adaptation: Environment and Cultures
84(23)
Exchange in Economic Systems
107(13)
Marriage, Family, and Residence
120(17)
Kinship
137(22)
Gender in Comparative Perspective
159(25)
The Organization of Political Life
184(18)
Social Inequality and Stratification
202(16)
Relations with the Supernatural
218(25)
Art and the Aesthetic
243(19)
Personality, Culture, and the Life Cycle
262(17)
PART IV Anthropology in the Modern World
The Changing Human World
279(27)
Ethnicity in the Modern World
306(25)
Applied Anthropology and World Problems
331(20)
The Survival of Indigenous Peoples
351(14)
Glossary 365(5)
Notes 370(4)
Bibliography 374(10)
Peoples and Cultures Index 384(3)
Name Index 387(1)
Subject Index 388

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