This introductory text introduces basic concepts in cultural anthropology by comparing cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues throughout human history. Cultural materials are presented in integrated ethnographic case studies organized by cultural and geographic areas to show how ideological, social organization, and material features fit together in specific sociocultural systems. John H. Bodley explicitly seeks a balance between ecological-materialist and cultural-ideological explanations of sociocultural systems, while stressing the importance of individual power-seeking and human agency. Part One examines domestic-scale, autonomous tribal cultures. Part Two presents politically organized, class-based civilizations and ancient empires in the imperial world. Part Three surveys global, industrial, market-based civilizations in the contemporary commercial world. Cultural Anthropology uniquely challenges students to consider the big questions about the nature of cultural systems.
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This introductory text introduces basic concepts in cultural anthropology by comparing cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues throughout human history. It uniquely challenges students to consider the big questions about the nature of cultural systems.
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Part I. The Tribal World: The World Before the State
Chapter 1. Culture: A Scale and Power Perspective
Chapter 2. Native Amazonians: Villagers of the Rain Forest
Chapter 3. Australian Aborigines: Mobile Foragers for 50,000 Years
Chapter 4. African Cattle Peoples: Tribal Pastoralists
Chapter 5. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Tribal World
Part II. The Imperial World: The End of Equality
Chapter 6. Pacific Islanders: From Leaders to Rulers
Chapter 7. Ancient Empires in Two Worlds: Mesopotamia and the Andes
Chapter 8. The Chinese Great Tradition
Chapter 9. Hinduism and Islam in South Asia
Part III. The Commercial World: Global Capitalism
Chapter 10. The Capitalist World System
Chapter 11. The United States: An American Plutocracy
Chapter 12. An Unsustainable Global System
Part IV. Building a Sustainable World: Local to Global
Chapter 13. Tribes to Nations: Progress of the Victims
Chapter 14. Small Nations Solving Global Problems
Chapter 15. Envisioning a Sustainable World
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ISBN
9780759118652
Publisert
2011-07-21
Utgave
5. utgave
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Vendor
AltaMira Press,U.S.
Vekt
1996 gr
Høyde
289 mm
Bredde
227 mm
Dybde
42 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
648
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