Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology - Softcover

Peoples, James G.; Bailey, G.A.

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9780534587970: Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

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ISBN 10: 0534587976 ISBN 13: 9780534587970

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2002

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This is a mainstream comprehensive cultural anthropology text with a balanced theoretical perspective.

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"I find the text to be well written, easy to understand, and a very informative introduction to the discipline. The authors use an effective range of ethnographic material to illustrate concepts and ideas presented throughout."

About the Author:

James Peoples is professor of Sociology/Anthropology and Director of East Asian Studies at Ohio Wesleyan University, where he has been teaching courses in anthropology since 1988. He has also taught in the anthropology departments of the University of California at Davis and the University of Tulsa. His geographic area of specialty is Micronesia, where he studied the impact of American subsidies on the island agricultural and cash economies. His first book, ISLAND IN TRUST (1985), summarized the results of this field research. Since becoming Director of East Asian Studies in 2004, Dr. Peoples has journeyed to Korea and Japan for seminars and workshops. He recently published a chapter, translated into Chinese, in a book used in cultural anthropology courses in the People's Republic of China. He has published most of the results of a comparative analysis of political evolution in Micronesia. Dr. Peoples also has co-authored ESSENTIALS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY and INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY.

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