Bibliograph

Peoples and cultures of the world, Edward Fischer, Part 2

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Peoples and cultures of the world, Edward Fischer, Part 2

Language

eng

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instructional materials

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lectures speeches

Main title

Peoples and cultures of the world

Oclc number

56794637

Responsibility statement

Edward Fischer

Series statement

Great courses

Summary

In this course of lectures Prof. Fischer surveys anthropology, the study of human societies and comparative customs with a special emphasis on pre-capitalist societies and the things which pre-capitalist societies and modern societies have in common

Table Of Contents

pt. 2. lecture 13. Gatherers and hunters ; lecture 14. Headmen and horticulturists ; lecture 15. Cannibalism and violence ; lecture 16. The role of reciprocity ; lecture 17. Chiefdoms and redistribution ; lecture 18. Cultural contact and colonialism ; lecture 19. Cultures of capitalism ; lecture 20. Is economics rational? ; lecture 21. Late capitalism: from Ford to Disney ; lecture 22. The Maya, ancient and modern ; lecture 23. Maya resurgence in Guatemala and Mexico ; lecture 24. The Janus face of globalization

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Philosophy & intellectual historyPhilosophy and intellectual history

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