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The Concept of Cultural Systems. a Key to Understanding Tribes and Nations / Leslie A. White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Leslie A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1975]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Examines the concept of culture and its systems, such as language, customs, institutions, codes, and tools.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- EDITORIAL NOTE
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Prologue
- The concept of culture
- Systems in general
- The generation of ethical codes
- Vectors of cultural systems
- Lobbying
- Cultural systems as entities
- The emergence of the concept of cultural systems
- Values and cultural systems
- Functionalism
- Some reflections upon and implications of this essay
- bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-231-89270-5
- OCLC:
- 1100453623
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