This popular introduction to cultural anthropology integrates a historical and global approach with the ethnographic data available from around the world. Drawing on both classic and recent research in the field, the book reflects the current state-of-the-art understanding of social and cultural changes based on the relationships among different types of societies. It demonstrates the diversity of different societies and cultural patterns, but also reveals the ways in which humans everywhere are fundamentally similar. Coverage explores race and ethnicity; human evolution; culture and society; the enculturation process; language; anthropological explanations; band societies; tribes; chiefdoms; agricultural states; industrial states; the consequences of globalization; contemporary global trends; and applied anthropology. For those interested in cultural anthropology.

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective (4th Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Raymond Scupin

Anthropology

Prentice Hall College Div.

This book serves as a useful introduction of cultural anthropology by integrating ethnographic material from around the world. By drawing upon classic and recent research in the field, it reflects current state-of-the-art understandings of social and cultural changes based on the interrelationships among different societies. The book demonstrates the diversity of different societies and cultural patterns, yet at the same time reveals similarities in humans everywhere. A six-part organization covers: basic concepts in anthropology, basic concepts of culture and society, prestate societies, state societies, consequences of globalization, and anthropology and the global future. For individuals interested in assessing anthropological explanations to better understand humanity.

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective (5th Edition)

Social Sciences

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Cultural Anthropology (Study Guide) (5th, 03) by Scupin, Raymond [Paperback (2002)]

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Anthropology: Global Perspective

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Drawing on both classic and recent research in the field, this introduction to anthropology integrates an historical and global approach with the ethnographic data available from around the world. It reflects the understanding of social and cultural changes based on the relationships among different types of societies. It aims to demonstrate the diversity of different societies and cultural patterns, but also shows how humans everywhere are fundamentally similar. An instructor's manual is also available (0-13-301508-4).

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective

Instructor's Review Copy, seventh edition

Cultural Anthropology

Prentice Hal, Paperback(2007)

Introduction to anthropology that integrates an historical and global approach with the ethnographic data available from around the world. Drawing on both classic and recent research in the field, it reflects the current state-of-the-art understanding of social and cultural changes based on the relationships among different types of societies.

Anthropology: A Global Perspective (3rd Edition)

This work offers a holistic perspective that organizes contents by societal types rather than by institutions. It contains critical perspective boxes that should help students exercise their critical thinking skills while examining issues in anthropology.

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective (3rd Edition)

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective provides students with an introduction to cultural anthropology through a traditional holistic and integrative approach. Organized by societal type, this book's primary emphasis is on applied anthropology, with a strong coverage of globalization. Additionally, it emphasizes three unifying themes: 1) the diversity of human societies and cultural patterns the world over, 2) the similarities that make all humans fundamentally alike, and 3) the interconnections between the sciences and humanities within anthropology.

Anthropology: A Global Perspective -- Custom Edition for West Virginia University

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Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective (4th Edition)

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective (5th Edition)

Cultural Anthropology (Study Guide) (5th, 03) by Scupin, Raymond [Paperback (2002)]

Anthropology: Global Perspective

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective

Cultural Anthropology

Anthropology: A Global Perspective (3rd Edition)

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective (3rd Edition)

Cultural Anthropology: A Global Perspective

Anthropology: A Global Perspective -- Custom Edition for West Virginia University