by R. Lee Lyman (Author)
Presents a critical analysis of the culture history approach to Americanist anthropology. This work uses a framework for the analysis that is founded on the contrast between two metaphysics used by evolutionary biologists in discussing their own discipline: materialistic/populational thinking and essentialistic/typological thinking.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: 1997
Publisher: Springer
Published: 30 Jun 1997
ISBN 10: 0306455382
ISBN 13: 9780306455384