Ember, Carol R.

Cultural anthropology / Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember. - 12th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education, c2007. - xvii, 432 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-415) and index.

What is anthropology? -- The concept of culture -- Theoretical approaches in cultural anthropology -- Explanation and evidence -- Communication and language -- Getting food -- Economic systems -- Social stratification : class, ethnicity, and racism -- Sex, gender, and culture -- Marriage and the family -- Marital residence and kinship -- Associations and interest groups -- Political life : social order and disorder -- Psychology and culture -- Religion and magic -- The arts -- Culture change and globalization -- Applied and practicing anthropology -- Medical anthropology -- Global social problems.

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Ethnology.

GN316 / .E45 2007

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