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Culture and society, twenty-four essays. Foreword by Alexander Spoehr.

Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985 (Author).

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  • Physical Description: xii, 376 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: [Pittsburgh] University of Pittsburgh Press [1965]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-369).
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Anthropology and its sister sciences: The science of human learning, society, culture, and personality -- Sociology and anthropology -- British social anthropology -- Anthropology and its contribution to public health -- 2. The nature of culture: The science of culture -- Fundamental characteristics of culture -- The common denominator of cultures -- 3. Dynamics of cultural change: How culture changes -- Cultural evolution -- Cultural relativity -- Changing emphases in social structure -- 4. Social organization: Double descent -- Cognatic forms of social organization -- Social organization of the Tenino -- Social organization of Truk -- Anthropology in Micronesia -- 5. Religion, ceremonial, and recreation: Tenino shamanism -- Rank and potlatch among the Haida -- Waging baseball in Truk -- 6. Cross-cultural comparison: Anthropology as a comparative science -- Comparative data on the division of labor by sex -- Family stability in non-European cultures -- Cross-language parallels in parental kin terms -- Political moieties.

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