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Systems Analysis: A Promising Focus for Biosocial Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Demitri B. Shimkin
Demitri B. Shimkin
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Summary

There is evidence that systems analysis has advanced sufficiently to have major theoretical and practical possibilities for anthropology. This paper presents support for this suggestion from studies of populations in two areas of the US: a Black migrant group in Mississippi and a Midwestern urban group. Some problems and potential applications of systems research are discussed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 1981 , pp. 127 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © 1981, Cambridge University Press

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