An Invitation to Anthropology : The Structure, Evolution and Cultural Identity of Human Societies

Llobera, Josep R.

ISBN 10: 157181597X / ISBN 13: 9781571815972

Published by Berghahn Books, New York / Oxford, 2003

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Dedicated with personal note to Phil by author on half-title. As New Condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Invitation to Anthropology : The Structure, Evolution and Cultural Identity of Human Societies
• Publisher: Berghahn Books, New York / Oxford
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157181597X
• ISBN 13: 9781571815972
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Signed: And Dedicated By Author
• Book Type: Used
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Synopsis

Synthesizing British, French and American traditions, this stimulating and accessible text presents a comprehensive and fascinating introduction to social and cultural anthropology. It offers an original approach through integrating knowledge produced from a variety of perspectives, placing cultural and social anthropology in a wider context including macro-sociological concepts and reference to biological evolution. Written in a clear and concise style, it conveys to the student the complexities of a discipline focusing on the structure, evolution and cultural identity of human societies up to the present day.

The text consists of four major parts: the scope and method of anthropology, a conceptual and institutional overview, the evolution of the structure of human societies, and the cultural politics of race, ethnicity, nationalism and multiculturalism.

About the Author

Josep R. Llobera (1939-2010) was born in Havana and brought up in Catalonia. He made Britain his home in 1969. He was a visiting Professor of Anthropology at University College London and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.