Cultural Anthropology

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This book is really well written. I used this book as a textbook at college and my professor was not very good. This book is the only reason I learned anything. I got an A in the class. The added personal stories and cultural perspectives really made Anthropology come alive.

I enjoyed reading the topics and it covered so many aspects of various cultures thoroughly. I was also taking a sociology class at the time and that class and book had nothing on this one -- I will definitely remember what I learned from this book. It was all very relevant in understanding how our culture is set up and why we have the points of view that we have, and how and why other cultures are different (although that seems like the obvious intention of a cultural anthropology book, my sociology book was also supposed to glean similar insight but failed miserably, whereas this book did a thorough and good job of it). I didn't think the book was long-winded or confusing -- those opinions probably have something to do with either the class or one's opinion of the subject. It references native american cultures a lot -- because they're so varied, it's interesting, but it seems the author had a particular love of them (though it doesn't detract from the text, and many, many other cultures are referenced, also). I think if you read this book and understand the implications of it, you'll be able to better understand what being a human is really comprised of and will probably walk away more open-minded and tolerant. Also, I have a custom edition book for my school that has the same name and author and year but a different cover -- I'm assuming has the same general information, whether or not the format is the same.