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The formation of cultures / the editors of Salem Press.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Editors of Salem Press, author.
- Series:
- Sociology Reference Guide
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 105 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume surveys the formation of cultures and offers readers an introductory understanding of sociological methods and important concepts in the field.
- Contents:
- ""Sociology Reference Guide: The Formation of Cultures""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Cultural Universals & Human Nature""; ""Biology & Culture""; ""Culture: Sociobiology""; ""Cultural Relativism""; ""Culture & Language""; ""Cultural Scripts""; ""Cultural Symbols""; ""Cultural Transmission""; ""Ideal & Real Culture""; ""Culture: Values, Norms & Material Objects""; ""Culture & Conformity""; ""Popular Culture""; ""Subcultures & Countercultures""; ""Society & Multiculturalism""; ""Ethnocentrism""; ""Global Culture""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 13, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781429834933
- 1429834935
- OCLC:
- 883331369
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