Anthropology

Name: Anthropology
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ISBN: 9780132277532

ISBN-10: 0132277530

ISBN-13: 9780132277532

Edition: 12th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember, Peter N. Peregrine

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Description:

This comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology helps students understand humans in all their variety, and "why" they got to be that way. This new edition highlights migration and immigration in the context of globalization.

Book details

List price: $142.80
Edition: 12th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 4/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 688
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.102
Language: English




Introduction



What Is Anthropology?



How We Discover the Past



Human Evolution: Biological and Cultural



Genetics and Evolution



The Living Primates



Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids



The First Hominids



The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo



Modern Humans



The Emergence of Homo Sapiens



The Upper Paleolithic World



Origins of Food Production and Settled Life



Origins of Cities and States



Human Variation and Adaptation



Cultural Variation



The Concept of Culture



Theoretical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology



Explanation and Evidence



Communication and Language



Getting Food



Economic Systems



Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism



Sex, Gender, and Culture



Marriage and the Family



Marital Residence and Kinship



Associations and Interest Groups



Political Life: Social Order and Disorder



Psychology and Culture



Religion and Magic



The Arts



Culture Change and Globalization



Using Anthropology



Applied and Practicing Anthropology



Medical Anthropology



Global Social Problem