Ethnographic Essays in Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach

by R. Bruce Morrison

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This collection of ten mini-ethnographies takes a problem-based learning approach, focusing on contextual and cumulative learning to enhance student understanding of the fundamental concepts of cultural anthropology. The problems covered in the text range from how anthropology contributes to an understanding of human similarities and differences and why people believe different things to inequality, violence, poverty, and death. Each problem is explored in the context of a particular show more society, including Canada, Ecuador, Indonesia, Kohistan, Tibet, Tonga, the United States, and Sudan. show less

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Anthropology, Nonfiction
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305.8Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial group - Age, Gender, EthnicityEthnic and national groups
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GN316 .E764Geography, Anthropology and RecreationAnthropologyAnthropologyEthnology. Social and cultural anthropology
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