Description
Book SynopsisWindow on Humanity is a brief introduction to general anthropology. It covers the four subfields biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology as well as anthropology's two dimensions academic and applied anthropology. Its shorter length increases instructors options for assigning additional readingcase studies, readers, and other supplements within a one semester course.
Window on Humanity can also work well in a quarter system, for which traditional texts may be too long. While presenting core concepts and topics, Window also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The text aims to instill an appreciation of human diversity, of anthropology as a field, and of how an anthropological approach can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 - What Is Anthropology?
Chapter 2 - Culture
Chapter 3 - Doing Anthropology
Chapter 4 - Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation
Chapter 5 - The Primates
Chapter 6 - Early Hominins
Chapter 7 - The Genus Homo
Chapter 8 - The First Farmers
Chapter 9 - The First Cities and States
Chapter 10 - Language and Communication
Chapter 11 - Making a Living
Chapter 12 - Political Systems
Chapter 13 - Families, Kinship, and Marriage
Chapter 14 – Gender
Chapter 15 - Religion
Chapter 16 - Ethnicity and Race
Chapter 17 - Applying Anthropology
Chapter 18 - The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality
Chapter 19 – Anthropology’s Role in a Globalizing World
Glossary
Bibliography
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