The Interpretation of Cultures
Subtitle: selected essays
By: by Clifford Geertz.
Edition: 2000 edition
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
Subjects: Ethnology
Description: In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new concept of culture. This groundbreaking book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association, helped define for an entire generation of anthropologists what their field is ultimately about.
Notes: Includes new preface for this edition.
Includes index and bibliographical references.