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Humanity : an introduction to cultural anthropology / James Peoples, Garrick Bailey.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, MA, USA : Cengage Learning, ©2018Edition: Eleventh editionDescription: xv, 460 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781337109697 (student edition)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 301 P39 2018
LOC classification:
  • GN316 .P384 2018
Contents:
The Study of Humanity. Part I. Humanity, Culture, and Language. Culture -- Culture and Language -- Cultural Diversity and Globalization. Part II. Theories and Methods of Cultural Anthropology. The Development of Anthropological Thought -- Methods of Investigation. Part III. The Diversity of Culture. Culture and Nature: Interacting with the Environment -- Exchange in Economic Systems -- Marriage and Families -- Kinship and Descent -- Gender in Comparative Perspective -- The Organization of Political Life -- Social Inequality and Stratification -- Religion and Worldview -- Art and the Aesthetic. Part IV. Anthropology in the Global Community. Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict -- World Problems and the Practice of Anthropology.
Summary: Humanity : an introduction to cultural anthropology offers a solid framework centred on globalization and culture change. The text's engaging narrative provides new ways of looking at many of the challenges facing the world in this century, as students examine ethnic conflicts, globalization of culture and language, recent debates about gay marriage, increasing inequalities, population growth, hunger, and the survival of indigenous cultures.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Books Books College Library General Circulation Section GC GCG 301 P39 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available HNU000319

Previous edition: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Study of Humanity. Part I. Humanity, Culture, and Language. Culture --
Culture and Language --
Cultural Diversity and Globalization. Part II. Theories and Methods of Cultural Anthropology. The Development of Anthropological Thought --
Methods of Investigation. Part III. The Diversity of Culture. Culture and Nature: Interacting with the Environment --
Exchange in Economic Systems --
Marriage and Families --
Kinship and Descent --
Gender in Comparative Perspective --
The Organization of Political Life --
Social Inequality and Stratification --
Religion and Worldview --
Art and the Aesthetic. Part IV. Anthropology in the Global Community. Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict --
World Problems and the Practice of Anthropology.

Humanity : an introduction to cultural anthropology offers a solid framework centred on globalization and culture change. The text's engaging narrative provides new ways of looking at many of the challenges facing the world in this century, as students examine ethnic conflicts, globalization of culture and language, recent debates about gay marriage, increasing inequalities, population growth, hunger, and the survival of indigenous cultures.

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Social Studies

Text in English

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