Other Cultures: Aims, Methods, and Achievements in Social Anthropology

by John Beattie

Book Overview

A valuable text in the examination of cultural influence and evolution, John Beattie presents the aims, methods, and achievements of social anthropology.

Other Cultures provides a lucid introduction to the field of social anthropology. John Beattie devotes the first part of the book to a consideration of what social anthropology is and seeks to do, what areas it covers, and the methods of investigation employed by social anthropologists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0029020506
• ISBN13: 9780029020500
• Release Date: May 1968
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"