Scenes from the High Desert: Julian Steward's Life and Theory
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (776 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252076354 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Virginia Kerns, a professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is the author of Women and the Ancestors: Black Carib Kinship and Ritual.
Scenes from the High Desert: Julian Steward's Life and Theory book on paperback has been released on 2016-11-27. consist of 448 of pages and writen by Virginia Kerns are really nice book to read. Although it oficially circulated on paperback but you still download it on other format or just read it online from our website.
Detailed Anthropological Biography A Customer Julian Steward was a highly influential anthropologist who is often credited with founding the field of cultural ecology. Aside from his theoretical contributions, Steward also helped reorganize the AAA in the 1940s and influenced a number of his students who would go on to play important roles in post World War II anthropology. Despite the fact Steward's work is often sited, Kern's detaile. Not even close to what I hoped for! Blah, didn't get past the first few chapters. I guess I was hoping for a tome on the high desert LIKE THE TITLE IMPLIED!
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