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BRIEF CONTENTS

Part I INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
1 ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF CULTURE
2 THE EVOLUTION OF HUMANITY AND CULTURE
3 RESEARCHING CULTURE
Part II CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS
4 MAKING A LIVING
5 CONSUMPTION AND EXCHANGE
6 REPRODUCTION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
7 DISEASE, ILLNESS, AND HEALING

Part III SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
8 KINSHIP AND DOMESTIC LIFE
9 SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
10 POLITICAL AND LEGAL SYSTEMS

Part IV SYMBOLIC SYSTEMS
11 COMMUNICATION
12 RELIGION
13 EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

Part V CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL CHANGE
14 PEOPLE ON THE MOVE
15 PEOPLE DEFINING DEVELOPMENT