Description |
1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction; Aims; Bibliography MODULE 1 ; The scope and method of anthropology Introduction; Aims Definitions The sub-disciplines of anthropology The concept of culture Ethnography The uses of history in anthropology Sociology and social/cultural anthropology The historical and comparative method Fads and foibles of anthropology Summary; Essay questions; Test questions; Bibliography; Answers to test questions MODULE 2 ; Conceptual and institutional overview Introduction; Aims Economics Kinship Person, |
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Self and individual Religion Summary; Essay questions; Test questions; Bibliography; Answers to test questions MODULE 3 ; The evolution and structure of human societies Introduction; Aims Darwin's theory of evolution The human legacy: adapted mind or adaptable mind? The study of humanity: assumptions, theories and typologies Hunting and gathering, horticultural and pastoral societies Agrarian societies Industrial societies: the making of the mpdern world Summary; Essay questions; Test questions; Bibliography; Answers to test questions MODULE 4 ; The politics of cultural identity: nationalism, ethnicity, |
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Race and multiculturalism Introduction; Aims Definitions Nations and nationalism Ethnicity Race The politics of multiculturalism Summary; Essay questions; Test questions; Bibliography; Answers to test questions EPILOGUE ; Anthropology and the contemporary world The anthropology of Europe The process of cultural globalisation Looking at the future: a clash of civilisations? Bibliography; Index |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Anthropology.
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anthropology. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Anthropology |
Other Form: |
Print version: Llobera, Josep R. Invitation to anthropology the structure, evolution, and cultural identity of human societies. Nueva York (Estados Unidos) : Berghahn Books, 2007 157181597X (OCoLC)881001133 |
ISBN |
9781782387503 (electronic bk.) |
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1782387501 (electronic bk.) |
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157181597X |
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9781571815972 |
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