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Culture and society : twenty-four essays
- Title
- Culture and society : twenty-four essays / George Peter Murdock, foreword by Alexander Spoehr.
- Author
- Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985.
- Publication
- [Pittsburgh] University of Pittsburgh Press [1965]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Spoehr, Alexander, 1913-1992
- Description
- xii, 376 pages; 22 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 361-369.
- Contents
- 1. Anthropology and its sister sciences: The science of human learning, society, culture, and personality -- Sociology and anthropology -- British social anthropology -- Anthropology and its contribution to public health -- 2. The nature of culture: The science of culture -- Fundamental characteristics of culture -- The common denominator of cultures -- 3. Dynamics of cultural change: How culture changes -- Cultural evolution -- Cultural relativity -- Changing emphases in social structure -- 4. Social organization: Double descent -- Cognatic forms of social organization -- Social organization of the Tenino -- Social organization of Truk -- Anthropology in Micronesia -- 5. Religion, ceremonial, and recreation: Tenino shamanism -- Rank and potlatch among the Haida -- Waging baseball in Truk -- 6. Cross-cultural comparison: Anthropology as a comparative science -- Comparative data on the division of labor by sex -- Family stability in non-European cultures -- Cross-language parallels in parental kin terms -- Political moieties.
- LCCN
- 65018206
- OCLC
- ocm00268738
- 268738
- SCSB-251378
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library