Theories of Man and Culture - Paperback

by Elvin Hatch (Author)

This unusual and ambitious book summarizes, compares, and contrasts the ideas of ten prominent anthropologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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This unusual and ambitious book will be welcomed by all who wish to understand exactly what anthropology is and what anthropologists do. It summarizes, compares, and contrasts the ideas of ten prominent anthropologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, revealing fundamental differences in their interpretations of human behavior and in the kinds of meaning they see in human affairs.