Anthropology : a global perspective
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Anthropology : a global perspective
Prentice Hall, c1995
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Drawing on both classic and recent research in the field, this introduction to anthropology integrates an historical and global approach with the ethnographic data available from around the world. It reflects the understanding of social and cultural changes based on the relationships among different types of societies. It aims to demonstrate the diversity of different societies and cultural patterns, but also shows how humans everywhere are fundamentally similar. An instructor's manual is also available (0-13-301573-4).
Table of Contents
- Part I Introduction: introduction to anthropology
- evolution
- the record of the past. Part II Physical anthropology: primates
- homind evolution
- human variation. Part III Archaeology: paleolithic cultures
- the origins of domestication and settled life
- the origins of the state and complex society. Part IV Basic concepts: culture
- psychological anthroplogy
- language
- anthropological explanations
- analyzing society and culture. Part V Prestate societies: band societies
- tribes
- chiefdoms. Part VI State societies: agricultural states
- industrial states. Part VII Consequences of global industrialism: global industrialism and the Fourth World
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Africa
- the Middle East
- Asia. Part VIII Anthropology and the global future: contemporary global trends
- applied anthropology.
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