Beals, Ralph Leon

An introduction to anthropology / Ralph Leon Beals, Harry Hoijer, and Alan R. Beals. - Fifth Edition - New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, c1977 - xvii, 720 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The nature and scope of anthropology -- 2. The nature of culture -- 3. Strategies and methods in the study of culture -- 4. Human biological variation -- 5. The evolution of humanity -- 6. Culture in the past -- 7. Hunter-gatherers -- 8. Food producers -- 9. Food production and urban life -- 10. Economic anthropology -- 11. Marriage -- 12. Kinship and kinship groupings -- 13. Social organization.

This book is primarily a book about culture. It provides information about the ways in which the concept of culture has been defined; it explores the expressions of culture found among different peoples.

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ANTHROPOLOGY

GN 25 .B43 1977