Social Anthropology

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Dr. Bohannan, Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, has taught at Oxford and Princeton Universities. A Rhodes Scholar, he attended Oxford University where he received the B.Sc., M.A., and D.Phil, degrees. He has also been a recipient of the Social Science Research Council fellowship and the Wenner-Gren Foundation Lfllo)ivship. He earned his B.A. degree at the University of Arizona^
He is the author of The Tiv of Central Nigeria (with Laura Bohannan), Justice and Judgment among the Tiv, and Africa and Africans. He has edited Homicide and Suicide in Africa, and, with George Dalton, Markets in Africa.

SOCIAL ANTHROPOIOGY
PAUL BOHANNAN
Northwestern University
Lively in style and scientific in spirit, this survey text introduces anthropology as a social science of twofold significance. While it collects, classifies, and analyzes knowledge about how men live and what they make, it also provides comparative insights into the most basic ideas of the contemporary... Tovább

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Dr. Bohannan, Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, has taught at Oxford and Princeton Universities. A Rhodes Scholar, he attended Oxford University where he received the B.Sc., M.A., and D.Phil, degrees. He has also been a recipient of the Social Science Research Council fellowship and the Wenner-Gren Foundation Lfllo)ivship. He earned his B.A. degree at the University of Arizona^
He is the author of The Tiv of Central Nigeria (with Laura Bohannan), Justice and Judgment among the Tiv, and Africa and Africans. He has edited Homicide and Suicide in Africa, and, with George Dalton, Markets in Africa.

SOCIAL ANTHROPOIOGY
PAUL BOHANNAN
Northwestern University
Lively in style and scientific in spirit, this survey text introduces anthropology as a social science of twofold significance. While it collects, classifies, and analyzes knowledge about how men live and what they make, it also provides comparative insights into the most basic ideas of the contemporary world. In defining the nature and function of anthropology, Dr. Bohannan first discusses the three major concepts—culture, personality, and society—under which the achievements of anthropology can be summed up, and then proceeds to considerations of speech and art.
The many other areas that are of importance to the science of anthropology are carefully examined. Marriage and the family, social and cultural structures, economics and politics, religion and science, social and cultural change —these and numerous related concepts are described and amplified by comparisons, evaluations, and analyses.
Throughout the book. Dr. Bohannan illustrates theory and technique with many brief case studies. His precise usage of terminology and eminently readable prose style bring clarity to the most difficult concepts. For courscs in cultural and social anthropology, here is a text that is as exciting as it is thorough. Vissza