Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - Couverture souple

Peoples, James; Bailey, Garrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1111301522 ISBN 13 : 9781111301521

Editeur : CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Peoples James Bailey Garrick

A propos du livre

Book Description

Covers the character and nature of culture and social behavior as developed by anthropologists through the study of people. Research-based, this mainstream text emphasizes the materialistic approach to the study of cultural diversity in humanity and shows why an appreciation and tolerance of cultural differences is critical in the modern world. Major changes include: a greater emphasis on applied anthropology such as population growth and world hunger (Ch. 19); changes in the political status of various world regions such as new nations rising from the break-up of the USSR (Chs. 17 & 18) and recent conflicts in Eastern Europe (Ch. 18).

About the author

James Peoples came to Ohio Wesleyan in 1988, having previously taught in the anthropology departments of the University of California, Davis, and the University of Tulsa. Dr. Peoples has conducted anthropological fieldwork on a small Micronesian island, where he studied the impact of American subsidies on the islands agricultural and cash economy. Dr. Peoples' first book, Island in Trust, published in 1985, summarized the results of this field research. He is also the co-author of HUMANITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, a textbook that is now in its fifth edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CENGAGE Learning Custom Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1111301522
• ISBN 13: 9781111301521
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible