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Anthropology : an applied perspective
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- Creator
- Gary Ferraro, Wenda Trevathan, Janet Levy
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Minneapolis : West Pub. Co., [1994]
- ©1994
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 549 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 031402879X, 9780314028792
- OCLC
- ocm29225589
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [517]-532) and index.
- What is anthropology -- The concept of culture -- Applied anthropology -- Biology, genes, and evolutionary theory -- Our place in nature -- The early evolutionary history of primates and homonoids -- Origin, spread, and variation of Homo sapiens -- Biocultural adaptations -- Anthropological archaeology -- The great transformations of prehistory -- Prehistoric cultures in North America -- The growth of ethnological theory -- Doing cultural anthropology -- Language -- Getting food -- Economics -- Kinship and descent -- Marriage and the family -- Political organization and social control -- Social stratification -- Religion -- Art -- Culture change -- The future of anthropology