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PublisherAllyn & Bacon, Incorporated
ISBN-100673522660
ISBN-139780673522665
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Product Key Features
Number of Pages325 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAnthropology : Contemporary Perspectives
SubjectAnthropology / General
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid E. Hunter
Subject AreaSocial Science
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight23.6 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
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Edition Number7
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN92-037462
Dewey Edition19
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306
Table Of ContentI. INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 1. David E.K. Hunter and Phillip Whitten, Finding Anthropology.. 2. Louis A. Sass, Anthropology's Native Problems. II. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 3. Stephen Jay Gould, Darwinism Defined: The Difference between Fact and Theory. 4. Phillip Whitten and Martin K. Nickels, Our Forebear's Forebears. 5. Jared Diamond, The Great Leap Forward. 6. Shari Rudavsky, The Secret Life of the Neanderthal. 7. Robert A. Foley, The Search for Early Man. 8. Lee Cronk, Designed for Another Time: Modern Problems for an Ancient Species. 9. Barbara Smuts, What Are Friends For? 10. Boyce Rensberger, On Becoming Human. 11. Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Progress in Human Sociobiology. 12. Jane B. Lancaster and Phillip Whitten, Sharing in Human Evolution. 13. Boyce Rensberger, Racial Odyssey. 14. Albert Jacquard, "Race:" Myths under the Microscope. III. ARCHAEOLOGY. 15. Colin Renfrew, What's New in Archaeology? 16. Richard Monastersky, Fingerprints in the Sand. 17. Ben Patrusk, The First Americans: Who Were They and When Did They Arrive? 18. Charles B. Heiser, Jr., The Origin of Agriculture. 19. Solomon H. Katz and Fritz Maytag, Brewing an Ancient Beer. 20. John Pfeiffer, How Were Cities Invented? 21. Henry T. Wright, Rise of Civilizations: Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica. IV. LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION. 22. Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Genes, Peoples, and Languages. 23. Ellen Rudolph, Women's Talk. 24. Stephen Thayer, Close Encounters. 25. Michael J. Frisbie, Koko: "Fine Animal Gorilla." V. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 26. Napoleon A. Chagnon, Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö. 27. Laura Bohannan, Shakespeare in the Bush. 28. Richard B. Lee, Eating Christmas in the Kalahari. 29. Horace Miner, Body Ritual among the Nacirema. 30. Malcolm McFee and David E.K. Hunter, Marriage: For Love, Profit, or Politics? 31. Napoleon A. Chagnon, Fission in an Amazonian Tribe. 32. Laurel Kendall, The Marriage of Yongsu's Mother. 33. David E.K. Hunter, Subsistence Strategies and the Organization of Social Life. 34. Klaus-Friedrich Koch, Cannibalistic Revenge in Jalé Warfare. 35. Marvin Harris, Life without Chiefs. 36. Allen Johnson, In Search of the Affluent Society. 37. Marvin Harris, India's Sacred Cow. 38. John B. Calhoun, Plight of the Ik and Kaiadilt Is Seen as a Chilling Possible End for Man. 39. Ernestine Friedl, Society and Sex Roles. 40. Agnes Estioko-Griffin, Daughters of the Forest. 41. Cherry Lindholm and Charles Lindholm, Life behind the Veil. 42. Peter M. Worsley, Cargo Cults. 43. June Nash, Devils, Witches, and Sudden Death. 44. Nathan L. Gerrard, The Serpent-Handling Religions of West Virginia. 45. Gino del Guerico, The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead. 46. William W. Howells, Requiem for a Lost People. 47. David Maybury-Lewis, Societies on the Brink. 48. Geoffrey Cowley, The Great Disease Migration. 49. Lauriston Sharp, Steel Axes for Stone-Age Australians. 50. Napoleon A. Chagnon, The Beginning of Western Acculturation. VI. ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE MODERN WORLD. 51. Lynn Payer, Medical Practice and National Culture. 52. Melvin Konner, The Stone-Age Diet: Cuisine Sauvage. 53. Patrick Huyghe, No Bone Unturned. 54. Daniel Goleman, Shamans and Their Lore May Vanish with the Forests. 55. Barry Bogin, The Extinction of Homo Sapiens. Glossary.
SynopsisThis collection of essays lets students explore such topics as the changing role of anthropology, evolution versus natural selection, the disappearance of the Neanderthal, sex roles, human diversity, the explosion of creativity technology, and culture and language. The editors have selected works by some of today's leading anthropologists, science writers and scientists to provide students with a range of perspectives to help them understand the relevance of anthropology in this changing world., This collection of short readings on all aspects of anthropology conveys the excitement and relevance of contemporary anthropology. This book organizes readings around the major subdisciplines within anthropology: biological anthropology, cultural anthropology, archaeology, and language and communication, making it easy to notice trends and themes. For anyone with an interest in anthropology.
