ANT102H5 Chapter Notes -Menopause, Bretton Woods Conference, Protectionism
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Chapter 2: the meanings of progress and development. Today"s world is radically divided into wealthy nations and poor nations. Sedentary a mode of livelihood characterized by permanent or semi-permanent settlements. Progress the idea that human history is the story of a steady advance from a life dependent on the whims of nature to a life of control and domination over natural forces. Culture change the changes in meanings that a people ascribe to experience and changes in their way of life. Bands a term used by anthropologists to refer to egalitarian units of social organization, found mostly among foragers, that usually consist of few than 100 people. With groups that were small and mobile, simple economic, social and political arrangements sufficed: formal leaders were not needed, and there was little occupational specialization. Kinship served as the main organizing principle of these societies, and social differences among people were based largely on age and gender.
