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Anthropology : Global Perspective (6TH 08 Edition)

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'Anthropology: A Global Perspective introduces students to the four fields of anthropology. This text integrates historical, biological, archaeological, and global approaches with ethnographic data available from around the world. Information is drawn from both classic and recent research in the field and reflects the current state-of-the-art understanding of social and cultural changes. Using an applied perspective, Anthropology: A Global Perspective demonstrates how anthropologists use research techniques and methods to help solve practical problems, thus showing students how anthropology is relevant to improving human societies.'

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< I> Anthropology: A Global Perspective< /I> introduces readers to the four fields of anthropology. This& nbsp; book integrates historical, biological, archaeological, and global approaches with ethnographic data available from around the world. Information is drawn from both classic and recent research in the field and reflects the current state-of-the-art understanding of social and cultural changes. < I> Anthropology: A Global Perspective < /I> demonstrates the diversity of different societies and cultural patterns, but also shows how humans everywhere are fundamentally similar.
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Table of Contents

Part I: Basic Concepts in Anthropology

Chatper 1: Introduction to Anthropology

Chatper 2: Record of the Past

Chatper 3: Evolution

 

Part II:Physical Anthropology

Chatper 4: The Primates

Chatper 5: Hominid Evolution

Chatper 6: Human Variation

 

Part III: Archeology

Chatper 7: Paleolithic Cultures

Chatper 8: The Origins of Domestication and Settled Life

Chatper 9: The Rise of the State and Complex Society

 

Part IV: Basic Concepts of Culture and Society

Chatper 10: Culture

Chatper 11: The Process of Enculturation

Chatper 12: Language

Chatper 13. Anthropological Explanations

Chapter 14: Analyzing Sociocultural Systems

 

Part V: Studying Differant Societies

Chatper 15: Band Societies

Chatper 16: Tribes

Chatper 17: Chiefdoms

Chatper 18: Agricultural States

Chatper 19: Industrial States

 

Part VI: Consequences of Globalization

Chatper 20. Globalization,Culture, and Indigenous Societies

Chatper 21. Globalization in Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean

Chatper 22. Globalization in the Middle East and Asia

 

Part VII: Anthropology and the Global Future

Chatper 23.  Race and Ethnicity

Chatper 24. Contemporary Global Trends

Chatper 25. Applied Anthropology

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780132381512
Subtitle:
A Global Perspective
Author:
Scupin, Raymond
Author:
DeCorse, Christopher R.
Author:
Scupin, Raymond
Publisher:
Prentice Hall
Subject:
Anthropology - General
Subject:
Anthropology
Edition Number:
6
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
August 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
741
Dimensions:
9.95x8.11x1.09 in. 2.95 lbs.
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