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Patterns of Culture

by Ruth Benedict

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In the beginning God gave to every people a cup of clay, and from this cup they drank their life - Proverb of Digger Indians.

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Anthropology is the study of human beings as creatures of society.

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For more than a generation, this pioneering book has been an indispensable introduction to the field of anthropology. Here, in her study of three sharply contrasting cultures, Benedict puts forward her famous thesis that a people's culture is an integrated whole, a "personality writ large." Includes a preface from Margaret Mead.

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