Patterns of Culture

Type

Book

Authors

Ruth Benedict

ISBN 10

0395083575

ISBN 13

9780395083574

Tags

Biochemistry, Social Sciences, Cultural

Description

For more than a generation, this pioneering book has been an indispensable introduction to the field of anthropology. Here, in her study of three sharply contrasting cultures, Benedict puts forward her famous thesis that a people's culture is an integrated whole, a "personality writ large." Includes a preface from Margaret Mead. - from Amzon

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