Cultural anthropology

by Haviland, William A.

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Full title :Cultural anthropology / William A. Haviland ... [et al.].

Edition Statements

Publication Date:[2012], c2013.
Edition:4th Canadian ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Nelson Education
Place of Publication:Toronto
Language:eng
Publication Date:[2012], c2013.

Notes

First Canadian ed. by William A. Haviland, Gary W. Crawford, Shirley A. Fedorak.

Includes index.

Includes access code to CourseMate.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxii, 414 p. : : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; : 28 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780176648800, 0176648801
oclc:ocn762958638
LC Classification:GN
Dewey Decimal:306

pt. 1. Anthropology and the study of culture. The nature of anthropology -- The nature of culture -- The beginnings of human culture.

pt. 2. Culture and survival : communicating and staying alive. Language and communication -- Making a living -- Economic systems.

pt. 3. The formation of groups : solving the problem of cooperation. Sex and marriage -- Family and household -- Kinship and descent -- Social stratification groupings.

pt. 4. The search for order : solving the problem of disorder. Political organization and the maintenance of order -- Religion and the supernatural -- The arts.

pt. 5. Exploring work, cultural change, and the future of humanity. Anthropology at work -- Cultural change and the future of humanity.