Anthropology
11th Edition
Published on 7. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
672 pages
978-0-13-184975-4 (ISBN)
Description
For introductory courses in General Anthropology (four-field approach).
This comprehensive introduction to the four fields of anthropology reflects recent research and controversial developments in the field. The history and types of anthropology practiced in the United States is highlighted and the role anthropologists play in the planning of possible solutions to various global social problems is explored.
This comprehensive introduction to the four fields of anthropology reflects recent research and controversial developments in the field. The history and types of anthropology practiced in the United States is highlighted and the role anthropologists play in the planning of possible solutions to various global social problems is explored.
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Edition
11th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-184975-4 (9780131849754)
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Content
(NOTE: All chapters conclude with Summary, Glossary Terms, Critical Questions, Internet Exercises, and Suggested Reading.) I. INTRODUCTION.
1. What Is Anthropology?
2. How We Discover the Past.
II. HUMAN EVOLUTION: BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL.
3. Genetics and Evolution.
4. The Living Primates.
5. Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids.
6. The First Hominids.
7. The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo.
III. MODERN HUMANS AND THEIR CULTURES.
8. The Emergence of Homo sapiens.
9. The Upper Paleolithic World.
10. Origins of Food Production and Settled Life.
11. Origins of Cities and States.
12. Human Variation and Adaptation.
IV. CULTURAL VARIATION.
13. The Concept of Culture.
14. Theory and Evidence in Cultural Anthropology.
15. Communication and Language.
16. Getting Food.
17. Economic Systems.
18. Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism.
19. Sex, Gender, and Culture.
20. Marriage and the Family.
21. Marital Residence and Kinship.
22. Associations and Interest Groups.
23. Political Life: Social Order and Disorder.
24. Psychology and Culture.
25. Religion and Magic.
26. The Arts.
27. Culture Change.
V. USING ANTHROPOLOGY.
28. Applied and Practicing Anthropology.
29. Medical Anthropology.
30. Global Social Problems.
Glossary.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
1. What Is Anthropology?
2. How We Discover the Past.
II. HUMAN EVOLUTION: BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL.
3. Genetics and Evolution.
4. The Living Primates.
5. Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids.
6. The First Hominids.
7. The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo.
III. MODERN HUMANS AND THEIR CULTURES.
8. The Emergence of Homo sapiens.
9. The Upper Paleolithic World.
10. Origins of Food Production and Settled Life.
11. Origins of Cities and States.
12. Human Variation and Adaptation.
IV. CULTURAL VARIATION.
13. The Concept of Culture.
14. Theory and Evidence in Cultural Anthropology.
15. Communication and Language.
16. Getting Food.
17. Economic Systems.
18. Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism.
19. Sex, Gender, and Culture.
20. Marriage and the Family.
21. Marital Residence and Kinship.
22. Associations and Interest Groups.
23. Political Life: Social Order and Disorder.
24. Psychology and Culture.
25. Religion and Magic.
26. The Arts.
27. Culture Change.
V. USING ANTHROPOLOGY.
28. Applied and Practicing Anthropology.
29. Medical Anthropology.
30. Global Social Problems.
Glossary.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.