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Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System 7ed
  • ISBN-13: 9781538127902
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By John H. Bodley
  • Price: AUD $197.00
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  • Local release date: 15/04/2020
  • Format: Paperback 544 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sociology & anthropology [JH]
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In introducing basic concepts of cultural anthropology, Bodley challenges students to consider "big questions" about the nature of cultural systems, to explore relationships between growth, scale, and power, and to critically assess how commercialization, development, humanitarian concerns, and environmental issues are affecting our global future.
Part I Introduction 1. Adventures in the Field: Episode One 2. Culture: A Scale & Power Perspective Part II. The Tribal World: Before the State 3. Australian Aborigines: Mobile Foragers for 50,000 Years 4. Native Amazonians: Villagers of the Rain Forest 5. African Cattle Peoples: Tribal Pastoralists 6. Tribal World Mind, Body, and Sour: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Part III. The Imperial World States: The End of Equality 7. Pacific Islanders: From Leaders to Rulers 8. Ancient Empires: Elite Power in Mesopotamia and the Andes 9. Asian Great Traditions: Ideological Foundations 10. Scale Limits: The Breakdown of States Part IV. The Commercial Global System 11. Europe and the Commercial World 12. American Plutocracy: Capitalism in the United States Part V. Conclusions 13. An Unsustainable and Impoverished World 14. Envisioning a Sustainable World
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