Peoples and cultures of the world. [sound recording] / Edward Fischer.
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SoundPublisher number: 4617 | The Teaching Company4616 | The Teaching Company (text)Series: Great courses (Compact disc)Publication details: [Chantilly, Va.] : Teaching Co., c2004.Edition: Library edDescription: 6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (64 p. ; 22 cm.)ISBN: - 1565859197
- 9781565859197
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Wasatch County Library Second Floor | Audiobooks | CD 301 Fis (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | .CIRCNOTE. 6 discs; 1 book | Part 2 | Available | .PUBLIC. 6 discs; 1 book | 34301000814477 |
Lectures delivered by Edward Fischer, Vanderbilt University.
Course no. 4616.
Compact discs.
12 lectures.
Part two of two parts. Contains lectures 12-24 of 24 lectures on peoples and cultures of the world.
Course guidebook includes maps, glossary and bibliographical references.
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.
Provides a survey of anthropology. A 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.