The Anthropological Lens: Harsh Light, Soft Focus

by James L. Peacock

Book Overview

Anthropology is a complex, wide-ranging, and ever-changing field. This clear, coherent, and well-crafted book is a revised version of a very successful text first published in 1986, designed to supplement standard textbooks and monographs. It covers the central concepts, distinctive methodologies, and philosophical as well as practical issues of cultural anthropology, and it is accessible to the anthropological novice, and of value to the professional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521004594
• ISBN13: 9780521004596
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"