Publication

2001 - Pluto Press, Sterling, Va, Virginia

Language

English

Word Count

85,500 words, Guess

Page Count

342 pages

Identifiers

and 7 more
  • ISBN-139780745317724
  • Goodreads3415491', '207294
  • Library of Congress Control Number00012920
  • OCLC Control Number45575675
  • Better World Books9780745317731
  • Better World Books9780745317724
  • Open LibraryOL6777795M

Classifications

  • DDC306
  • LCCGN316 .E75 2001
  • LCCGN316.E75 2001

Description

"Small Places, Large Issues is a clear and accessible overview of social and cultural anthropology. In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, Thomas Eriksen focuses on the central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, and offers a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective.". "Ranging from the Pacific Islands to the Arctic north and from small villages to modern nation states, this concise introduction reveals the rich global variation in social life and culture. Eriksen emphasises the need to establish interrelation between action and social structure and between social organisation and cognitive aspects of culture. He broadens the study to incorporate the anthropology of complex modern societies, thus providing a key text for all students of social and cultural anthropology."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

306EthnologyGn316 .e75 1995

Series Statement

  • Anthropology, culture, and society

Other Editions

  • Small places, large issuesPluto Press2001

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