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Cultural anthropology / William A. Haviland.

By: Publication details: Fort Worth : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, c1993.Edition: 7th edDescription: xi, 488 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0030499429
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306 20 HAV
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Table of contents

PART I ANTHROPOLOGY AND STUDY OF CULUTURE 1
1. The nature of Anthropology 4-27
2. The Nature of culture 28-51
3. The beginnings of human culture 52-83

PART III CULTURE AND SURVIVAL: COMMUNICVATING, RAISING, CHILDREN AND STAYING ALIVE 85

4. Language and communication 88-115
5. Growing up Human 116-143
6. Patterns of subsistence 144-175
7. Economic systems 176-203

PART III THE FORMATION OF GROUPS: SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF COOPERATION 205
8. Sex and marriage 208-233
9. Family and household 234-257
10. Kinship and descent 258-283
11. Grouping by sex, age common interest and class 284-305


PART IV THE SEARCH FOR ORDER: SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF DISORDER 307
12. Political organization and social control 310-343
13. religion and the supernatural 344-373
14. The Arts 376--397

PART V CHANGE AND THE FUTURE: SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF ADJUSTING TO CHANGED CONDITIONS 399
15.Cultural change 402-433
16. The future of Humanity 434-487














Includes bibliographical references and Index

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