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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-13: 9780618619559
ISBN-10: 0618619550
Publication Date: 1/25/2006
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Mariner Books
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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