TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herskovits,Melville J.
TI  - Cultural anthropology
AV  - GN400 .H588
U1  - 572 
PY  - 1955///
CY  - New York
PB  - Knopf
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Homme primitif
KW  - Ethnologie
KW  - fast
KW  - Kulturanthropologie
KW  - swd
N1  - "[First] abridged revision of [the author's] Man and his works."; Includes bibliographical references and index; I. The setting of culture -- 1. Anthropology: the science of man -- 2. The evolution of mankind -- 3. The prehistoric development of culture -- 4. The races of man -- 5. Physical type and culture -- 6. Habitat and culture -- II. The aspects of culture -- 7. The universals in culture -- 8. Technology and the utilization of natural resources -- 9. Economics and the fulfillment of wants -- 10. Social organization and the educational function -- 11. Political systems: the ordering of human relations -- 12. Religion: the problem of man and the universe -- 13. The aesthetic drive: graphic and plastic arts -- 14. Folklore, drama, and music -- 15. Language: the vehicle of culture -- III. The nature of culture -- 16. The reality of culture -- 17. Culture and society -- 18. Culture and the individual -- 19. Cultural relativism and cultural values -- 20. The ethnographer's laboratory -- IV. Cultural structure and dynamics -- 21. Culture traits, complexes, and areas -- 22. Patterning and integration in culture -- 23. The problem of cultural origins -- 24. Cultural conservatism and change -- 25. Diffusion and acculturation -- 26. Cultural focus and reinterpretation -- 27. The mechanisms of cultural variation -- 28. The problem of law and prediction in culture -- V. Conclusion -- 29. Anthropology in a world society
N2  - A survey of the whole field of anthropology
ER  -