Types of Culture
Agricultural policy is the set of government decisions and actions relating to domestic agriculture and imports of foreign agricultural products. Governments usually implement agricultural policies with the goal of achieving a specific outcome in the domestic agricultural product markets.
A horticultural society is one in which people subsist through the cultivation of plants for food consumption without the use of mechanized tools or the use of animals to pull plows. This makes horticultural societies distinct from agrarian societies, which do use these tools, and from pastoral societies, which rely on the cultivate of herd animals for subsistence.
Hunting and gathering culture, also called foraging culture, any group of people that depends primarily on wild foods for subsistence. Until about 12,000 to 11,000 years ago, when agriculture and animal domestication emerged in southwest Asia and in Mesoamerica, all peoples were hunters and gatherers.
Video: Industrial Society: Definition & Characteristics The industrialization of labor has played a significant role in the development and modernization of Western cultures and societies. Through this lesson, you will learn what defines an industrial society and briefly explore its characteristics.
Video: Pastoral Society: Definition & Concept Find out what a pastoral society is, and the ways of those who live the pastoral lifestyle. Learn about how pastoral societies depend on animals and look at some examples.
A post-industrial society is a stage in a society's development during which the economy transitions from one that primarily provides goods to one that primarily provides services.