Cultural Anthropology (with InfoTrac)

by Haviland, William A.

• ISBN13: 9780534274795
• ISBN10: 053427479X
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Comprehensive, readable and written for the student, Haviland's market-leading text, CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, is a relevant, high-quality teaching tool. In CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Haviland challenges and supports students with a thoughtful look at the diversity of the human condition; an examination into the field of cultural anthropology, its findings, and its relevance; and the continuing role of cultural survival issues.

Table of Contents

Part I: ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF CULTURE

1. The Nature of Anthropology

2. The Nature of Culture

3. The Beginnings of Human Culture

Part II: CULTURE AND SURVIVAL: COMMUNICATING, RAISING CHILDREN, AND STAYING ALIVE

4. Language and Communication

5. Growing Up Human

6. Patterns of Subsistence

7. Economic Systems

Part III: THE FORMATION OF GROUPS: SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF COOPERATION

8. Sex and Marriage

9. Family and Household

10. Kinship and Descent

11. Grouping by Sex, Age, Common Interest, and Class

Part IV: THE SEARCH FOR ORDER: SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF DISORDER

12. Political Organization and the Maintenance of Order

13. Culture and the Supernatural

14. The Arts

Part V: CHANGE AND THE FUTURE: SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF ADJUSTING TO CHANGED CONDITIONS

15. Cultural Change

16. Anthropology and the Future