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Book SynopsisNow in its 19th edition,
Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity is an introduction to general (four-field) anthropology. It covers the four subfields - biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology, as well as anthropology's two dimensions: academic and applied anthropology. While presenting anthropology''s core, the text also aims to demonstrate anthropology''s relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The subtitle of the text reflects its goal of instilling a sense of appreciation: (1) of human diversity, (2) of anthropology as a field, and (3) of how anthropology can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom. There is special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on cultural behavior as well as updated consideration of race and ethnicity related to demographic shifts, and of gender fluidity.
Table of ContentsPART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?
2 CULTURE
3 APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY
PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY4 DOING ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
5 EVOLUTION AND GENETICS
6 HUMAN VARIATION AND ADAPTATION
7 THE PRIMATES
8 EARLY HOMININS
9 THE GENUS HOMO
10 THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS
11 THE FIRST FARMERS
12 THE FIRST CITIES AND STATES
PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY13 METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
14 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
15 ETHNICITY AND RACE
16 MAKING A LIVING
17 POLITICAL SYSTEMS
18 GENDER
19 FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT
20 MARRIAGE
21 RELIGION
22 ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS
PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD23 THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY
24 ANTHROPOLOGY’S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD
Glossary
Bibliography
Name Index
Subject Index
