Author Question: On the basis of his experience in the Trobriand Islands during World War I, Bronislaw Malinowski is ... (Read 77 times)

danielfitts88 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

On the basis of his experience in the Trobriand Islands during World War I, Bronislaw Malinowski is generally considered to be __________.

A) the father of participant observation
B) the founder of the etic approach
C) the first person to realize that no culture is more or less civilized than another
D) the first person to do fieldwork in his own culture

Question 2

Describe the characteristics of early states. What is one way that states in the Old World differed from those in the New World?

What will be an ideal response?

leeeep · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The ideal answer will include:
1. A state is a centralized political organization that encompasses many communities.
2. States are bureaucraticthey have specialized governance functions and can wage war and levy taxes.
3. Many states had monumental architecture.
4. Many states had marked inequalities between commoners and elites.
5. Mesopotamian states had a form of writing; the New World states did not.