Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology, – Eriksen Thomas Betrouwbaar

This concise introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture.
The text provides a clear overview of anthropology, focusing on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective [as written on Amazon].