24 Lectures 1 The Study of Humanity 2 The Four Fields of Anthropology 3 Culture and Relativity 4 Fieldwork and the Anthropological Method 5 Nature, Nurture, and Human Behavior 6 Languages, Dialects, and Social Categories 7 Language and Thought 8 Constructing Emotions and Identities 9 Magic, Religion, and Codes of Conduct 10 Rites of Passage 11 Family, Marriage, and Incest 12 Multiple Spouses and Matrilineality 13 Gatherers and Hunters 14 Headmen and Horticulturists 15 Cannibalism and Violence 16 The Role of Reciprocity 17 Chiefdoms and Redistribution 18 Cultural Contact and Colonialism 19 Cultures of Capitalism 20 Is Economics Rational?
Art Across America: A Comprehensive Guide to American Art Museums and Exhibition Galleries
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While the major American art museums boast record attendance in six and seven figures, there are hundreds of museums across the country with impressive collections, imaginative architecture, and creative programs that do not get the attention they deserve. This comprehensive resource guide to American art museums and galleries provides details about 1,680 famous and lesser-known venues, such as temporary exhibitions, number and size of galleries, attendance figures, and types of objects in permanent holdings. Illustrations of facilities and objects in the collections enable the art lover to plan more efficient trips and discover hidden treasures in an off-the-beaten-path venue.
Atlas of World Cultures: A Geographical Guide to Ethnographic Literature
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This is the ultimate resource for geographically locating the myriad of cultures described in ethnographic literature. The heart of Atlas of World Cultures: A Geographical Guide to Ethnographic Literature is a set of forty-one maps that physically locate for the researcher more than 3500 groups, tribes or peoples. For any student or professional reading ethnographic or cross-culture research, this feature alone is invaluable. The author does more by providing a comprehensive index and a 1237-item bibliography that enables the reader to go beyond geographic location and find some of the classic literature on each of these groups.
The world's leading intellectual offers a probing examination of the waning American century, the nature of US policies post-9/11, and the perils of valuing power above democracy and human rights.
Rod Stewart The Great American Songbook 1 It Had to Be You... Great American Songbook is a term referring to the interrelated music of Broadway musical theater, Hollywood musicals, and so-called Tin Pan Alley, for a period that begins during about the 1920s and ending about 1960.