This introductory text introduces basic concepts in cultural anthropology by comparing cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues throughout human history. Cultural materials are presented in integrated ethnographic case studies organized by cultural and geographic areas to show how ideological, social organization, and material features fit together in specific sociocultural systems. John H. Bodley explicitly seeks a balance between ecological-materialist and cultural-ideological explanations of sociocultural systems, while stressing the importance of individual power-seeking and human agency. Part One examines domestic-scale, autonomous tribal cultures. Part Two presents politically organized, class-based civilizations and ancient empires in the imperial world. Part Three surveys global, industrial, market-based civilizations in the contemporary commercial world. Cultural Anthropology uniquely challenges students to consider the big questions about the nature of cultural systems.

Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System

Politics & Social Sciences

John H. Bodley

Social Sciences

McGraw-Hill/Higher Education

A newer edition of this book is available at the following web address: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442226937 Victims of Progress provides a global overview of the struggle between small-scale indigenous societies and the colonists and corporate developers that invaded their territories over the past 200 years to extract resources. It shows how these small-scale societies have survived by organizing politically to defend their basic human rights, and shows that they are now being impacted by oil and natural gas development and tropical deforestation, as well as global warming. This compelling account of the effects of technology and development on indigenous peoples throughout the world examines major issues of intervention: social engineering, economic development, self-determination, health and disease, and ecocide. Victims of Progress provides a provocative context in which to think about civilization and its costs. In this new fifth edition, Bodley provides extensive new discussions on the increased political power of the Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic, the role of indigenous people in the Arctic Council, shifts in Aboriginal rights in Australia, and many new developments on the impact of global warming on indigenous populations around the world.

Victims of Progress

AltaMira Press

Cultural Anthropology,tribes,states, and the Global System

Anthropology

Mayfield Publishing Company

Anthropology and contemporary human problems

Mayfield

Anthropology; General; Non-Fiction; Social Science

Action Anthropology and Sol Tax in 2012: The Final Word? (Memoir)

Joshua Smith

Douglas E. Foley

Susan Tax Freeman

Robert E. Hinshaw

Solomon H. Katz

Albert L. Wahrhaftig

Tim Wallace

Joan Ablon

Northwest Anthropology LLC

Using cross-cultural, evolutionary and multi-disciplinary perspectives, this text examines significant environmental, political and economic problems threatening a sustainable future. It aims to challenge students' assumptions about modern civilization and the superiority of complex societies.

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

Mayfield Pub.Co

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