| Description |
xviii, 361 pages : illustrations(some color), 1facsim, color maps, portraits ; 24cm |
| Contents |
i. Introduction to anthropology -- 1. What is anthropology? -- 2. The concept of culture -- Theory and method in cultural anthropology -- ii. Cultural variation -- 4. Language and culture -- 5. Food getting -- 6. Economic systems -- 7. Social stratification -- 8. Sex, marriage and the family -- 9. Marital residence and kinship -- 10. Associations and interest groups -- 11. Political organization: social order and disorder -- 12. Culture and personality -- 13. Religion and magic -- 14. The arts -- iii. Culture and anthropology in the modern world -- 15. Culture change -- 16. Applied anthropology |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1973 |
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Social anthropology (BNB/PRECIS) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Anthropology.
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Ethnology.
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| Author |
Ember, Melvin.
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| LC no. |
76054976 |
| ISBN |
013195198X (paperback) |
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(paperback) |
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