| Edition |
2002 ed. |
| Description |
1127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Routledge reference. |
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Routledge reference.
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| Language |
Eng. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to humanity / Tim Ingold -- Humanity and animality / Tim Ingold -- The evolution of early hominids / Phillip V. Tobias -- Human evolution : the last one million years / Clive Gamble -- The origins and evolution of language / Philip Lieberman -- Tools and tool behaviour / Thomas Wynn -- Niche construction, evolution and culture / F.J. Odling-Smee -- Modes of subsistence : hunting and gathering to agriculture and pastoralism / Roy Ellen -- The diet and nutrition of human populations / Igor de Garine -- Demographic expansion : causes and consequences / Mark N. Cohen -- Disease and the destruction of indigenous populations / Stephen J. Kunitz -- Introduction to culture / Tim Ingold -- Why animals have neither culture nor history / David Premack, Ann James Premack -- Symbolism : the foundation of culture / Mary LeCron Foster -- Artefacts and the meaning of things / Daniel Miller -- Technology / François Sigaut -- Spatial organization and the built environment / Amos Rapoport. |
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Perceptions of time / Barbara Adam -- Aspects of literacy / Brian V. Street, Niko Besnier -- Magic, religion and the rationality of belief / Gilbert Lewis -- Myth and metaphor / James F. Weiner -- Ritual and performance / Richard Schechner -- The anthropology of art / Howard Morphy -- Music and dance / Anthony Seeger -- The politics of culture : ethnicity and nationalism / Anthony D. Smith -- Introduction to social life / Tim Ingold -- Sociality among humans and non-human animals / R.I.M. Dunbar -- Rules and prohibitions : the form and content of human kinship / Alan Barnard -- Understanding sex and gender / Henrietta L. Moore -- Socialization, enculturation and the development of personal identity / Fitz John Porter Poole -- Social aspects of language use / Jean DeBernardi -- Work, the division of labour and co-operation / Sutti Ortiz -- Exchange and reciprocity / C.A. Gregory -- Political domination and social evolution / Timothy Earle -- Law and dispute processes / Simon Roberts -- Collective violence and common security / Robert A. Rubinstein -- Inequality and equality / André Béteille. |
| Summary |
"A comprehensive survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social, and cultural anthropology"--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Anthropology.
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Sociology.
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anthropology. (CStmoGRI)aat300054315
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sociology. (CStmoGRI)aat300054453
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Anthropology. (OCoLC)fst00810196
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Sociology. (OCoLC)fst01123875
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798
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Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Ingold, Tim, 1948-
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| ISBN |
0415286042 (pbk.) |
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9780415286046 (pbk.) |
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