Studies in Behavioral Anthropology

by Graves, Theodore D.; Arsdale, Minor Van; Lave, Charles A.; Woods, Clyde M.; Graves, Nancy B.; Semu, Vineta N.; Sam, Iulai Ah

• ISBN13: 9780759105751
• ISBN10: 0759105758
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-10
• Publisher: AltaMira Press

Summary

This is a unique collection of essays illustrating the author's distinctive approach to cross-cultural research, and a valuable companion volume to Graves's Behavioral Anthropology. Graves and his co-authors offer fifteen research essays as supplemental readings in research methodology, to convey the challenge and excitement of conducting systematic behavioral science research cross-culturally. For those concerned with a behavioral, scientific approach to anthropology, this book will be a valuable reference and teaching tool.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I: The Tri-Ethnic Community Study	1	(44)
Acculturation, Access, and Alcohol in a Tri-Ethnic Community	3	(27)
Theodore D. Graves
Psychological Acculturation in a Tri-Ethnic Community	30	(15)
Theodore D. Graves
Part II: The Navajo Urban Relocation Research Project	45	(138)
Alternative Models for the Study of Urban Migration	47	(13)
Theodore D. Graves
Values, Expectations, and Relocation: The Navajo Migrant to Denver	60	(14)
Theodore D. Graves
Minor Van Arsdale
The Personal Adjustment of Navajo Indian Migrants to Denver, Colorado	74	(32)
Theodore D. Graves
Urban Indian Personality and the ``Culture of Poverty''	106	(30)
Theodore D. Graves
The Navajo Urban Migrant and His Psychological Situation	136	(21)
Theodore D. Graves
Determinants of Urban Migrant Indian Wages	157	(26)
Theodore D. Graves
Charles A. Lave
Part III: Medical Change in Highland Guatemala	183	(38)
The Process of Medical Change in a Highland Guatemalan Town	187	(34)
Clyde M. Woods
Theodore D. Graves
Part IV: Culture Change in Island Polynesia	221	(72)
The Impact of Modernization on the Personality of a Polynesian People	223	(45)
Nancy B. Graves
Theodore D. Graves
Stress and Health: Modernization in a Traditional Polynesian Society	268	(25)
Theodore D. Graves
Nancy B. Graves
Part V: Polynesian Adaptation in New Zealand	293	(86)
Kinship Ties and the Preferred Adaptive Strategies of Urban Migrants	295	(22)
Theodore D. Graves
Nancy B. Graves
Patterns of Public Drinking in a Multiethnic Society: A Systematic Observational Study	317	(20)
Theodore D. Graves
Nancy B. Graves
Vineta N. Semu
Iulai Ah Sam
Barroom Violence in a Multiethnic Society: A Critical Incidents Study	337	(23)
Theodore D. Graves
Nancy B. Graves
Iulai Ah Sam
Vineta N. Semu
Stress and Health among Polynesian Migrants to New Zealand	360	(19)
Theodore D. Graves
Nancy B. Graves
References	379	(26)
About the Author	405