Anthropology
12th Edition
Published on 29. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
688 pages
978-0-13-227753-2 (ISBN)
Description
For one semester/quarter introductory courses in General Anthropology (Four Fields).
This text provides students with a comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology. The book helps students understand humans in all their variety and why such variety exists. The new twelfth edition places an increased emphasis on immigration, migration and globalization.
The five sections of the text introduce students to anthropology, address the biological and cultural evolution of humans, introduce students to cultural variation, and show how anthropology can be applied beyond academia.
This text provides students with a comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology. The book helps students understand humans in all their variety and why such variety exists. The new twelfth edition places an increased emphasis on immigration, migration and globalization.
The five sections of the text introduce students to anthropology, address the biological and cultural evolution of humans, introduce students to cultural variation, and show how anthropology can be applied beyond academia.
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Edition
12th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1446 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-227753-2 (9780132277532)
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13th Edition
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Carol R. Ember | Melvin Ember | Peter N. Peregrine
Anthropology
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Content
Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 What Is Anthropology?
Chapter 2 How We Discover the Past
Part II Human Evolution: Biological and Cultural
Chapter 3 Genetics and Evolution
Chapter 4 The Living Primates
Chapter 5 Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids
Chapter 6 The First Hominids
Chapter 7 The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo
Part III Modern Humans
Chapter 8 The Emergence of Homo Sapiens
Chapter 9 The Upper Paleolithic World
Chapter 10 Origins of Food Production and Settled Life
Chapter 11 Origins of Cities and States
Chapter 12 Human Variation and Adaptation
Part IV Cultural Variation
Chapter 13 The Concept of Culture
Chapter 14 Theoretical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 15 Explanation and Evidence
Chapter 16 Communication and Language
Chapter 17 Getting Food
Chapter 18 Economic Systems
Chapter 19 Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism
Chapter 20 Sex, Gender, and Culture
Chapter 21 Marriage and the Family
Chapter 22 Marital Residence and Kinship
Chapter 23 Associations and Interest Groups
Chapter 24 Political Life: Social Order and Disorder
Chapter 25 Psychology and Culture
Chapter 26 Religion and Magic
Chapter 27 The Arts
Chapter 28 Culture Change and Globalization
Part V Using Anthropology
Chapter 29 Applied and Practicing Anthropology
Chapter 30 Medical Anthropology
Chapter 31 Global Social Problem
Chapter 1 What Is Anthropology?
Chapter 2 How We Discover the Past
Part II Human Evolution: Biological and Cultural
Chapter 3 Genetics and Evolution
Chapter 4 The Living Primates
Chapter 5 Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids
Chapter 6 The First Hominids
Chapter 7 The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo
Part III Modern Humans
Chapter 8 The Emergence of Homo Sapiens
Chapter 9 The Upper Paleolithic World
Chapter 10 Origins of Food Production and Settled Life
Chapter 11 Origins of Cities and States
Chapter 12 Human Variation and Adaptation
Part IV Cultural Variation
Chapter 13 The Concept of Culture
Chapter 14 Theoretical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 15 Explanation and Evidence
Chapter 16 Communication and Language
Chapter 17 Getting Food
Chapter 18 Economic Systems
Chapter 19 Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism
Chapter 20 Sex, Gender, and Culture
Chapter 21 Marriage and the Family
Chapter 22 Marital Residence and Kinship
Chapter 23 Associations and Interest Groups
Chapter 24 Political Life: Social Order and Disorder
Chapter 25 Psychology and Culture
Chapter 26 Religion and Magic
Chapter 27 The Arts
Chapter 28 Culture Change and Globalization
Part V Using Anthropology
Chapter 29 Applied and Practicing Anthropology
Chapter 30 Medical Anthropology
Chapter 31 Global Social Problem