The social life of older rural Americans is made up of relationships formed through kinship, their neighborhoods, and the organizations to which they belong. These social institutions are shaped by the ways people use them, and therefore change through time. In this precedent-se…
Van Willigen explores the social network that supports older people in a Kentucky community with a tobacco-based economy and a strong rural tradition of social aging.
Van Willigen explores the social network that supports older people in a Kentucky community with a tobacco-based economy and a strong rural tradition of social aging.
The social life of older rural Americans is made up of relationships formed through kinship, their neighborhoods, and the organizations to which they belong. These social institutions are shaped by the ways people use them, and therefore change through time. In this precedent-se…
This text focuses on how the field of anthropology can best be utilised practically. It considers the trends in applied anthropology, with regard to issues such as globalisation, ethnographic research and governmental policies. It also looks at how anthology training can be used…
Essays by prominent scholars on the potential, accomplishments, and methods of applied anthropology. Domains covered in this volume include development, agriculture, environment, health and medicine, nutrition, population displacement and resettlement, business and industry, edu…
Two pioneers in the field of applied anthropology have compiled a groundbreaking, comprehensive anthology, which provides contributions from key figures of the anthropological world together in a single volume.
