| Description |
xii, 376 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 361-369. |
| Contents |
1. Anthropology and its sister sciences: Science of human learning, society, culture, and personality -- Sociology and anthropology -- British social anthropology -- Anthropology and its contribution to public health -- 2. Nature of culture: Science of culture -- Fundamental characteristics of culture -- Common denominator of cultures -- 3. Dynamics of cultural change: How culture changes -- Cultural evolution -- Cultural relativity -- Changing emphases in social structure -- 4. Social organization: Double descent -- Cognatic forms of social organization -- Social organization of the Tenino -- Social organization of Truk -- Anthropology in Micronesia -- 5. Religion, ceremonial, and recreation: Tenino shamanism -- Rank and potlatch among the Haida -- Waging baseball in Truk -- 6. Cross-cultural comparison: Anthropology as a comparative science -- Comparative data on the division of labor by sex -- Family stability in non-European cultures -- Cross-language parallels in parental kin terms -- Political moieties. |
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Anthropology.
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Anthropology. |
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Ethnology.
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Ethnology. |
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Ethnologie. |
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Culture. |
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