A Brief Empirical Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Human Culture presents the highlights of the popular Cultural Anthropology, 13th edition by the same author team. It provides students with an empirical introduction to cultural anthropology, and helps them understand humans in all their variety - and why such variety exists.
This new 2nd edition places an increased emphasis on immigration, migration and globalization. Additionally, the size of the book (13 chapters) makes it useful for quarter courses, as well as for courses that encourage a lot of supplemental reading.
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Table of Contents
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part I Introduction
Chapter 1: The Importance of Anthropology
Chapter 2: Culture and Culture Change
Chapter 3: Explanation and Evidence
Part II Cultural Variation
Chapter 4: Language and Communication
Chapter 5: Economics
Chapter 6: Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism
Chapter 7: Sex and Gender
Chapter 8: Marriage, Family, and Kinship
Chapter 9: Political Life
Chapter 10: Religion and Magic
Chapter 11: The Arts
Part III Using Anthropology
Chapter 12: Global Problems
Chapter 13: Applied and Practicing Anthropology
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We recommend Human Culture: Highlights of Cultural Anthropology, 3rd Edition as a replacement.
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