Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity
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Focused on the appreciation of anthropology, the new edition of Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity offers an up-to-date holistic introduction to general anthropology from the four-field perspective. Key themes of appreciating the experiences students bring to the classroom, appreciating human diversity, and appreciating the field of anthropology are showcased throughout the text. In this edition, Understanding Ourselves chapter openers and Through the Eyes of Others boxes show how anthropology helps us understand ourselves. New Appreciating Diversity boxes focus on the various forms of human biological and cultural diversity. Appreciating Anthropology boxes are also new to the text and focus on the value and usefulness of anthropological research and approaches.
List of BoxesPreface1The Scope of Anthropology12Field Methods193Culture354Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations495Human Biological Diversity and the Race Concept696Evolution, Genetics, and Biological Adaptation897The Primates1138Early Hominids1419The Emergence of Modern Humans16710The Origin and Spread of Food Production19111Adaptive Strategies and Economic Systems21512The Political Systems of Bands and Tribes23713Chiefdoms and States25714Kinship and Descent27915Marriage29716Gender31517Religion33518Personality and Worldview35319Language and Communication37120The World System, Industrialism, and Stratification39321Applied Anthropology40922Development and Innovation42523Cultural Exchange and Survival443AppendixAmerican Popular Culture465Bibliography481Internet Resources: Selected Reference Sites in Anthropology, from the World Wide Web507Acknowledgments513Indexes519
