Full Description
Written by a prominent scholar in the field, Conrad Phillip Kottak, this concise, student-friendly, current introduction to general anthropology carefully balances coverage of core topics and contemporary changes in the field. New to this edition, Connect Anthropology offers a variety of learning tools and activities to make learning more engaging for students and teaching more efficient for instructors. Window on Humanity is a perfect match for general anthropology courses that use readings or ethnographies along with a main text.
Contents
CHAPTER 1CHAPTER 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 and Colonialism CHAPTER 19: Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing WorldNER(01): WOW