Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology

by Nina Brown (Editor), Thomas McIlwraith (Editor), Laura Tubelle de Gonzalez (Editor)

Welcome to the second edition of  Perspectives  and Open Access Anthropology! We are delighted to bring to you this novel textbook, a collection of chapters on the essential topics in cultural anthropology. Different from other introductory textbooks, this book is an edited volume with each chapter written by a different author. Each author has written from their experiences working as an anthropologist and that personal touch makes for an accessible introduction to cultural anthropology. An electronic version of this textbook is available free of charge at the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges' webpage  

Genres: Anthropology, Nonfiction

510 pages, Paperback

Published December 20, 2019

Reviews

[Ray]

A thick read but a good one if you want to know the basics of how anthropology works.

[Jennifer]

Helped me with my introduction to anthropology class.

[margrave]

3.5
the most interesting 'textbook' i have read by far, but in the end its still a textbook

[dani dani]

It was useful as an introduction to cultural anthropology in my class. Sometimes felt like I was trudging through though (it is a textbook) and there was not much particularly special.