Cultural Anthropology
- ISBN-10
- 0205860362
- ISBN-13
- 9780205860364
- Series
- Cultural Anthropology
- Category
- Ethnology
- Pages
- 530
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall
- Author
- Nancy Bonvillain
Description
Machine generated contents note: 1.What Is Anthropology? -- Preview -- The Study of Humanity -- The Concept of Culture -- A Holistic Perspective -- A Comparative Perspective -- The Four Subfields of Anthropology -- Cultural Anthropology -- Linguistic Anthropology -- Archaeology -- Biological Anthropology -- Applied Anthropology -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Myanthrolab Connections -- 2.The Nature of Culture -- Preview -- What Is Culture? -- Characteristics of Culture -- Culture Is Shared -- Culture Is Learned -- Culture Is Adaptive -- Culture Is Integrated -- Culture Is Based on Symbols -- Culture Organizes the Way People Think about the World -- Culture Change -- Internal Culture Change -- External Culture Change -- Global Culture -- Chapter Summary -- Review Questions -- Myanthrolab Connections -- 3.Studying Culture -- Preview -- Anthropology and the Explanation of Cultural Diversity -- Evolutionism -- Empiricism -- Functionalism.
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