Essentials of Cultural Anthropology

by Garrick Alan Bailey, James Peoples

This text is a brief, more affordable version of the Peoples and Bailey, AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Fifth Edition (2000). Its coverage of core topics, smaller size, and economical price make it well suited for instructors who wish to adopt a core text along with supplemental texts such as readers and ethnographies. The text shares, in a briefer format, the same rich characteristics that made HUMANITY a best-seller over the strong scholarship, rich ethnographic examples and a unique focus on modern ethnicity and the survival of indigenous peoples.

Genres: Anthropology, Reference, Textbooks

261 pages, Paperback

First published June 22, 2001

Reviews

[BJ Richardson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I slogged through most of this book while living as a homeless refugee during the week following the 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that rocked my city. I guess I wanted to read something that was even more miserable than the real-life situation around me. Well, this book certainly was that. In many ways, this book was typical of what you would find in any such textbook. What was off-putting was the little ways their wording conveyed a tone of superiority against anyone who might not agree with their liberal, materialistic worldview. I should probably dig up some examples, but frankly, I would rather not. I was done with this textbook long before I was done with my class. And I would like to keep it that way.

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[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

readable accessible, has some good basic info about the subject