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Patterns of Culture
Patterns of Culture
Author: Ruth Benedict
A remarkable introduction to cultural studies as relevant today as it was in 1934, Ruth Benedict's groundbreaking study is the book that first brought the concept of "culture" to lay readers. In this fascinating work, Benedict compares the cultures of three peoples: the Kwakiutl of western Canada, the Zuni of the southwestern United States, and ...  more »
ISBN: 153779
Publication Date: 1959
Pages: 219
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Introduction to the field of cultural anthropology with analyses of three sharply contrasting cultures in the Pueblos of New Mexico, the Kwakiutl and other tribes of the American Northwest, and the Dobu of Melanesia.


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