Culture Counts A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Name: Culture Counts A Concise Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
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ISBN: 9780495007876

ISBN-10: 0495007870

ISBN-13: 9780495007876

Edition: 2009

Authors: Serena Nanda, Richard L. Warms

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Framed around the concept of culture, Nanda and Warms' brief book shows you how culture matters in driving and explaining human behavior, and that culture is a dynamic concept that interrelates various cultural systems in adaptive (or maladaptive) ways. The text focuses on how culturea group of understandings, some explicit, some implicit, with recognizable norms and valueshelps direct and explain peoples' behavior, why this is important for understanding what is going on in the world today, and how we can solve problems and effect positive change. The authors will draw you into the book's concepts via engaging ethnographic storytelling and a conversational writing style that connects you…

Book details

List price: $94.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 9/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




What is Anthropology and Why Should I Care?



Culture Counts



Doing Cultural Anthropology



Communication



Making a Living



Economics



Marriage, Family, and Kinship



Gender



Political Organization



Inequalities: Class and Caste



Inequalities: Race and Ethnicity



Religion



Power, Conquest, and a World System



Globalization and Change