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Loose Leaf for Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity Conrad Kottak

Loose Leaf for Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity By Conrad Kottak

Loose Leaf for Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity by Conrad Kottak


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Offers an introduction to general anthropology from the four-field perspective. This title presents anthropology's core concepts and also demonstrates anthropology's relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit.

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Loose Leaf for Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity Summary

Loose Leaf for Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity by Conrad Kottak

A leading name in anthropology, Conrad Philip Kottakcontinues to define student learning in the general anthropology course. Anthropology:Appreciating Human Diversity offers an up-to-date holistic introduction togeneral anthropology from the four-field perspective. Key themes of appreciatingthe experiences students bring to the classroom, appreciating human diversity,and appreciating the field of anthropology are showcased throughout thetext. The program presents anthropology's core concepts and also demonstratesanthropology's relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. Revisions to the17th edition of Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity wereextensively informed by student data, collected anonymously by McGraw-Hill'sadaptive learning system.

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About Conrad Kottak

Conrad Phillip Kottak (A.B. Columbia, 1963; Ph.D. Columbia, 1966) is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1968. In 1991 he was honored for his teaching by the University and the state of Michigan. In 1992 he received an excellence in teaching award from the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts of the University of Michigan. Professor Kottak has done fieldwork in cultural anthropology in Brazil (since 1962), Madagascar (since 1966), and the United States. In current research projects, Kottak and his colleagues have investigated the emergence of ecological awareness in Brazil, the social context of deforestation in Madagascar, and popular participation in economic development planning in northeastern Brazil.

Table of Contents

1 What Is Anthropology?

2 Culture

3 Applying Anthropology

4 Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

5 Evolution and Genetics

6 Human Variation and Adaptation

7 The Primates

8 Early Hominins

9 Archaic Homo

10 The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

11 The First Farmers

12 The First Cities and States

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

23 The World System and Colonialism

24 Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World

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CIN1259818411G
9781259818417
1259818411
Loose Leaf for Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity by Conrad Kottak
Used - Good
Hardback
McGraw-Hill Education
20161016
576
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