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Cultures of the United States
Lauren Arenson
Jennifer Miller-Thayer
ISBN: 978-0-7380-2701-2
Net Price: $57.76
This text investigates a number of diverse practices exhibited by individuals living throughout the United States. Variation in behavioral patterns is addressed, including such aspects as wealth, politics, ethnicity, language, gender, music, sexual preferences, religion and race. While there is certainly great diversity with respect to personal and individual life styles, articles in this text also address issues related to uniformity and conformity with regard to American public life.
Features
- 536 pages
- perfect binding
- color map of the United States on the inside front cover
- student exercises
Table of Contents
1. Science of Cultural Anthropology
2. Field Research
3. Responsibilities of the Field Researcher
4. Race and Ethnicity
5. Language
6. Family
7. Kinship
8. Economic Anthropology
9. Political Organization
10. Religion
11. Applied and Medical Anthropology
12. Globalization
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