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

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.

In the second half, Beattie examines the major categories of research through which anthropologists have advanced the knowledge of other cultures. Additionally, the final chapters of the book survey contributions that social anthropology has made to the understand of other cultures.

Author: John Beattie
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 05/01/1968
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.44w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9780029020500

About the Author
Beattie, John: - John Beattie was a distinguished social anthropologist and a lecturer in his field of study at Oxford University.