Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyProfessor Harris - the leading theorist in cultural materialism - bases this comprehensive work on the perspective of thematic and theoretical coherence, giving the book depth and continuity. Speaking directly to students, helpful chapter introductions and end-of-chapter summaries focus on key points before and after reading each chapter. This seventh edition includes meticulous updating of research and scholarship, especially in the very active field of physical anthropology and archaeology. A new feature - "America Now Updates" - turns an anthropological eye on the contemporary U.S., emphasizing the comparative aspects of anthropology and making the discipline relevant to students. |
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... labor ) . This suggests that much of the labor involved in lowland monumental construc- tion was voluntarily donated or at least com- pensated for in food or trade goods rather than coerced ( Vogt and Cancian 1970 ) . There is ...
... labor ) . This suggests that much of the labor involved in lowland monumental construc- tion was voluntarily donated or at least com- pensated for in food or trade goods rather than coerced ( Vogt and Cancian 1970 ) . There is ...
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... labor on sex and gender roles will be discussed in Chapter 20. Little of this explanation applies to the sexual division of labor in industrial societies , where the use of machines cancels out most of the muscular advantage that men ...
... labor on sex and gender roles will be discussed in Chapter 20. Little of this explanation applies to the sexual division of labor in industrial societies , where the use of machines cancels out most of the muscular advantage that men ...
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... labor in com- bination with power - driven machinery to achieve mass production of goods and ser- vices . Detailed division of labor refers to the separation of production tasks into many tiny steps carried out by different workers ...
... labor in com- bination with power - driven machinery to achieve mass production of goods and ser- vices . Detailed division of labor refers to the separation of production tasks into many tiny steps carried out by different workers ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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