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Preface
Putting the World in Perspective
Anthropology and the Study of Culture
The Nature of Anthropology	p. 4
The Nature of Culture	p. 28
The Beginnings of Human Culture	p. 52
Culture and Survival: Communicating, Raising Children, and Staying Alive
Language and Communication	p. 88
Growing Up Human	p. 116
Patterns of Subsistence	p. 144
Economic Systems	p. 176
The Formation of Groups: Solving the Problem of Cooperation
Sex and Marriage	p. 208
Family and Household	p. 234
Kinship and Descent	p. 258
Grouping by Sex, Age, Common Interest, and Class	p. 284
The Search for Order; Solving the Problem of Disorder
Political Organization and Social Control	p. 310
Religion and the Supernatural	p. 344
The Arts	p. 376
Change and the Future: Solving the Problem of Adjusting to Changed Conditions
Cultural Change	p. 402
The Future of Humanity	p. 434
Index	p. 475
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