Cultural Anthropology

Alexander Moore is professor of anthropology at the University of Southern California.

• Chapter 1 Preface: A Personal Statement of Theoretical PositionPart 2 PART I. Anthropology: Understanding the Human PrimateChapter 3 1. Anthropology as Encounter with Unknown PeoplesChapter 4 2. An Overview of Cultural Anthropology: A Succession of Cultures and CommunitiesChapter 5 3. Field Work: Accurate Data and Adequate TheoryChapter 6 4. The Primate Homo Sapiens: Our Place in NaturePart 7 PART II. Band Communities and Elemental Human InstitutionsChapter 8 5. The Band Community: Synchronizing Human Activity Cycles for Group CooperationChapter 9 6. Ritual and MythChapter 10 7. The Human Family: An Emergent Institution in Band CommunitiesChapter 11 8. Values and Exchange: Bands and the Original EconomyPart 12 PART III. Tribes and Emergent InstitutionsChapter 13 9. Extending the Human Family and Forming Tribal Communities: Households and Descent Groups among Tribal PeopleChapter 14 10. Tribal Warfare Complexes: Aggressive Sequences and Balanced Negative ExchangesChapter 15 11. Feasting and Trading Systems: The Economics of Redistribution and Trading RingsChapter 16 12. Tribal Politics: Leadership and its RewardsChapter 17 13. Shamans and Prophets: Catalysts for Therapy and Cultural ChangePart 18 PART IV. Traditional CivilizationsChapter 19 14. Urban Cultures and Communities: The Nature of Early CivilizationChapter 20 15. The Original BureaucraciesChapter 21 16. Folk Cultures and Communities: Civilized "Insolents" and PeasantsPart 22 PART V. The Anthropology of Modern LifeChapter 23 17. The Market and the Modern Metropolis: A New System of Exchange and the Rise of Commercial Industrial CitiesChapter 24 18. Corporate Bureaucracy and the Culture of Modern WorkChapter 25 19. Modernity and CulturePart 26 Epilogue. Applied Anthropology and the Policy ProcessPart 27 ReferencesPart 28 CreditsPart 29 Index