Culture and Society : Twenty-Four Essays / George Peter Murdock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murdock, George Peter, 1897-1985, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1965]

Summary:

Twenty four essays cover a broad range of topics in cultural anthropology, and represent the best writings of George Peter Murdock and reveal his theoretical orientation and his many landmark contributions to the field.

Contents:

1. Anthropology and its sister sciences: The science of human learning, society, culture, and personality

Sociology and anthropology

British social anthropology

Anthropology and its contribution to public health

2. The nature of culture: The science of culture

Fundamental characteristics of culture

The common denominator of cultures

3. Dynamics of cultural change: How culture changes

Cultural evolution

Cultural relativity

Changing emphases in social structure

4. Social organization: Double descent

Cognatic forms of social organization

Social organization of the Tenino

Social organization of Truk

Anthropology in Micronesia

5. Religion, ceremonial, and recreation: Tenino shamanism

Rank and potlatch among the Haida

Waging baseball in Truk

6. Cross-cultural comparison: Anthropology as a comparative science

Comparative data on the division of labor by sex

Family stability in non-European cultures

Cross-language parallels in parental kin terms

Political moieties.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822974062

0822974061