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I. How and why Cultures Change?

  • A. Discovery and Invention
    1. Unconscious invention
    2. Intentional Innovation
    3. Who Adopts Innovations?
  • B. Diffusion
    1. Patterns of Diffusion
    2. Intermediate Contact
    3. The Selective Nature of Diffusion
  • C. Acculturation
  • D. Revolution


II. Culture Change and Adaptation


III. Types of Culture Change in the Modern World

  • A. Commercialization
    1. Migratory Labor
    2. Nonagricultural Commercial Production
    3. Supplementary Cash Crops
    4. Introduction of Commercial and Industrial Agriculture
  • B. Religious Change
    1. Christianity on Tikopia
  • C. Political and Social Change


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