Anthropology ISE (Paperback)  | Released: 28-Apr-21

Now in its 19th edition, Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity is an introduction to general (four-field) anthropology.  It covers the four subfields - biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology, as well as anthropology's two dimensions: academic and applied anthropology.  While presenting anthropology's core, the text also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The subtitle of the text reflects its goal of instilling a sense of appreciation: (1) of human diversity, (2) of anthropology as a field, and (3) of how anthropology can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom. There is special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on cultural behavior as well as updated consideration of race and ethnicity related to demographic shifts, and of gender fluidity.Table of Contents: PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY? 2 CULTURE 3 APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY  PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY 4 DOING ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 5 EVOLUTION AND GENETICS 6 HUMAN VARIATION AND ADAPTATION 7 THE PRIMATES 8 EARLY HOMININS 9 THE GENUS HOMO 10 THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS 11 THE FIRST FARMERS 12 THE FIRST CITIES AND STATES PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY 13 METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY 14 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 15 ETHNICITY AND RACE 16 MAKING A LIVING 17 POLITICAL SYSTEMS 18 GENDER 19 FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT 20 MARRIAGE 21 RELIGION 22 ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD 23 THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY 24 ANTHROPOLOGY'S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD Glossary Bibliography Name Index  Subject Index