Fabrizio Panebianco and Emanuele Serrelli, eds, Understanding Cultural Traits: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Cultural Diversity

Authors

  • Luke J. Matthews Pardee RAND Graduate School, RAND Corporation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.36240

Keywords:

Cultural evolution, Anthropology

Abstract

Fabrizio Panebianco and Emanuele Serrelli, eds, Understanding Cultural Traits: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Cultural Diversity (Heidelberg, New York, Dordrecht and London: Springer, 2016). viii + 410 pp. ISBN 978-3-319-24347-4. €139.99 (hbk)/€118.99 (ebook).

Author Biography

  • Luke J. Matthews, Pardee RAND Graduate School, RAND Corporation

    Luke Matthews is a behavioral and social scientist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at Pardee RAND Graduate School. Much of his work focuses on studying cultural diffusion on social networks, that is, how people influence each other. He has applied social network analysis, simulation models, and machine learning to mixed qualitative-quantitative data.

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Published

2018-12-04

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Book Review Symposium: Jennifer Larson's 'Understanding Greek Religion', 2016

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Matthews, L. J. (2018). Fabrizio Panebianco and Emanuele Serrelli, eds, Understanding Cultural Traits: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Cultural Diversity. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 4(1), 114-117. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.36240