Rapport Nigel, Overing Joanna. Social and Cultural Anthropology: the Key Concepts

London & New York: Routledge, 2002. — 664 p. — ISBN: 0-203-25684-0. If anthropology is indeed the most encyclopedic of disciplines, it is not especially well-served with reference works of its own. This book aims to meet some of the need for an accessible and provocative guide to the many things that anthropologists have had to say. It focuses on the biggest and most...

New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. — VII, 456 pp. The authors' interdisciplinary research is based on two notions. First, that culture is crucial for understanding human behavior; unlike other organisms, socially transmitted beliefs, attitudes, and values heavily influence our behavior. Secondly, culture is part of biology: the capacity to acquire and transmit culture is...

Wadsworth Publishing, 2007. - 456 pages. Explore the most fascinating, creative, dangerous, and complex species alive today: you and your neighbors in the global village. With compelling photos, engaging examples, and select studies by anthropologists in far-flung places, the authors of "Cultural Anthropology": The Human Challenge provide a holistic view of anthropology to help...