Reflecting on America: Anthropological Views of U.S. Culture

Book Overview

Anthropologists travel back in time and across the globe to understand human culture-but, surprise, there is culture right here in the United States. This second edition of the best-selling textbook and anthology, Reflecting on America, again focuses on how we can recognize the common cultural thread running through diverse American phenomena-from heroin addiction and Big Business's efforts to shape the identities of children, to Civil War reenactments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629583693
• ISBN13: 9781629583693
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.6"