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a new concept of society as the interaction of groups and persons.
the relationship of culture patterns to the individual
Kroeber was a prolific writer, publishing over 600 books, articles, and book reviews in ethnology, archaeology, and linguistics
“On the Principle of Order in Civilization as Exemplified by Changes of Fashion.” American Anthropologist 21, 1919.
Anthropology, a popular textbook (1923, 1948)
Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 78. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1925.
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America. Berkeley: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 38:1-240, 1939.
Basic
and Secondary Patterns of Social Structure. Royal Anthropological
Institute Journal, 1938.
Configurations of Culture Growth. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1944.
“The Superorganic.” American Anthropologist 19:163-213, 1917.
Kroeber, A.L., & Kluckhohn, C. (1952). Culture: A critical review of concepts and definitions. Harvard University Peabody Museum of American Archeology and Ethnology Papers 47.Kroeber (A. L.) Papers Online Archive of California
ALFRED KROEBER PAPERS Bancroft Library Berkeley
Anthropology:
Berkeley Beginnings, Milestones, and Memories - Alfred
Ralph Beals. Alfred L. Kroeber. International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences 8:454-464, 1968.
Anne Gibson and John Rowe. A bibliography of the publications of Alfred Louis Kroeber. American Anthropologist 63:1060-1087, 1961.
Theodora Kroeber. Alfred Kroeber: A Personal Configuration. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970.
Jerry D. Moore. Alfred Kroeber: configurations of culture. Chapter 5 in Visions of Culture: An Introduction to Anthropological Theories and Theorists. Pp. 69-78. Walnut Creek, California: AltaMira, 1997.
Julian Steward. Alfred Louis Kroeber 1876-1960. American Anthropologist 63:1038-1087, 1961.
Julian Steward. Alfred Kroeber. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973.
Eric R. Wolf. Alfred L. Kroeber. In Totems and Teachers: Perspectives in the History of Anthropology. Sydel Silverman, ed. Pp. 35-65. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981.
" Culture consists of patterns, explicit and implicit, of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiments in artifacts; the essential core of culture consists of traditional (i.e. historically derived and selected) ideas and especially their attached values; culture systems may, on the one hand, be considered as products of action, and on the other as conditioning elements of further action."
Kroeber, A.L., & Kluckhohn, C. (1952).