A01=Robert Ulin
action
ancestors
angloamerican
anthropology
Author_Robert Ulin
between
book
Category=JBCC
Category=JHM
confronts
crosscultural interpretation
emphasize
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
evaluation
human
introduces
issue
issues
major
opposition
proceeding
scientific models
students
theoretical
wideranging
Product details
- ISBN 9780631221159
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 155 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 06 Sep 2001
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Understanding Cultures confronts the major theoretical issues involved in cross-cultural interpretation. The book introduces students to rationality among the ancestors of anthropology before proceeding to a wide-ranging evaluation of the Anglo-American rationality debates.
Robert C. Ulin is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Anthropology at Rochester Institute of Technology, and an international expert in theory and the anthropology of work. He is the author of numerous books and articles on social theory and the anthropology of Europe, including Vintages and Traditions (1996).
