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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Page 300
... political control . It is as much political as economic because un- equal access to the environment implies some form of coercion applied by political superiors against political inferiors . As we have just seen , certain forms of land ...
... political control . It is as much political as economic because un- equal access to the environment implies some form of coercion applied by political superiors against political inferiors . As we have just seen , certain forms of land ...
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... political power . There may be low - ranking subcastes that passively accept their lot in life as a result of their karma as- signment ; such groups , however , tend to be wholly lacking in the potential for economic and political ...
... political power . There may be low - ranking subcastes that passively accept their lot in life as a result of their karma as- signment ; such groups , however , tend to be wholly lacking in the potential for economic and political ...
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... political authority . It was formerly believed that political control by women , or matriarchy ( the oppo- site of patriarchy , or political control by men ) , occurred as a regular stage in the evo- lution of social organization ...
... political authority . It was formerly believed that political control by women , or matriarchy ( the oppo- site of patriarchy , or political control by men ) , occurred as a regular stage in the evo- lution of social organization ...
Contents
Why Study Anthropology? | 5 |
Organic Evolution | 9 |
The Inheritance of Genes | 11 |
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