This volume illustrates Melford Spiro's explorations of key relationships among culture, society, and human nature. He addresses such fundamental issues as the

Illustrates the history, civilization, and social conditions of the United States via artifacts, paintings, and other objects from the collections of cultural i

Why do we behave the way we do? Biologist Paul Ehrlich suggests that although people share a common genetic code, these genes "do not shout commands at us...at

An award-winning cognitive scientist describes how the influence of experience and culture can override DNA in an attempt to shatter the myth that illness and a

This book provides a coherent explanation of human nature, which is to say how people think, act, and feel, what they want, and how they interact with each othe