Culture, People, Nature: An Introduction to General AnthropologyWritten by a foremost spokesperson on cultural materialism, this book introduces students to the four fields of anthropology making all aspects of archaeology, linguistics, physical anthropology and cultural anthropology accessible and relevant to readers. |
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... peasants of all times and places are struc- tured inferiors " ( Dalton 1972 : 406 ) . Each major type of peasant is the subject of a vast research literature . Anthropologists have studied peasants more than they have studied village ...
... peasants of all times and places are struc- tured inferiors " ( Dalton 1972 : 406 ) . Each major type of peasant is the subject of a vast research literature . Anthropologists have studied peasants more than they have studied village ...
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... peasants who enjoy increased opportuni- ties to buy and sell land , labor , and food in competi- tive price markets . Most of the existing peasantries of the world now belong to this category . The vari- eties of structured inferiority ...
... peasants who enjoy increased opportuni- ties to buy and sell land , labor , and food in competi- tive price markets . Most of the existing peasantries of the world now belong to this category . The vari- eties of structured inferiority ...
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... peasants to plant millions of fast- growing trees in steep hillside farmlands threatened by erosion . Depletion of soil as a result of rapid run- off from treeless hillsides has long been recognized as one of Haiti's greatest problems ...
... peasants to plant millions of fast- growing trees in steep hillside farmlands threatened by erosion . Depletion of soil as a result of rapid run- off from treeless hillsides has long been recognized as one of Haiti's greatest problems ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
PART I | 7 |
Dominant and Recessive Genes | 14 |
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