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Anthropology : The Human Challenge by Harald E. L. Prins, William A. Haviland, Dana Walrath and Bunny McBride (2007, Perfect, Revised edition)

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Explore the most fascinating, creative, dangerous, and complex species alive today: you and your neighbors in the global village. With compelling photos, engaging examples, and select studies by anthropologists in far-flung places, the authors of ANTHROPOLOGY: The Human Challenge provide a holistic view of anthropology to help you make sense of today's world. With this text you will discover the different ways humans face the challenge of existence, the connection between biology and culture in the shaping of human behavior, and the impact of globalization on peoples and cultures around the world.

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Publisher
Wadsworth
ISBN-10
0495095591
ISBN-13
9780495095590
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52184427

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Author
Dana Walrath, Harald E. L. Prins, William A. Haviland, Bunny Mcbride
Publication Name
Anthropology : the Human Challenge
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Features
Revised
Subject
General, Anthropology / General
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Number of Pages
768 Pages

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8.4 in
Item Weight
52.9 Oz

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Edition Number
12
Edition Description
Revised Edition
Table of Content
Part I. ANTHROPOLOGY: THE CHALLENGE OF KNOWING HUMANITY.1. The Essence of Anthropology.2. Biology and Evolution.3. Living Primates.Part II. EVOLUTION: THE CHALLENGE OF UNDERSTANDING HUMAN ORIGINS.4. Field Methods in Archaeology & Paleoanthropology.5. Macroevolution and the Early Primates.6. The First Bipeds.Part III. THE GENUS HOMO: BIOCULTURAL CHALLENGES.7. Early Homo and the Origins of Culture.8. Pre-modern Humans and the Elaboration of Culture.9. The Global Expansion of Homo sapiens and Their Technology.Part IV. HUMAN BIOCULTURAL EVOLUTION: THE CHALLENGE OF TECHNOLOGY & HUMAN DIVERSITY.10. The Neolithic Transition: The Domestication of Plants and Animals.11. The Emergence of Cities and States.12. Modern Human Diversity: Race and Racism.13. Human Adaptation to a Changing World.Part V: CULTURE AND SURVIVAL: THE CHALLENGE OF COMMUNICATING, RAISING CHILDREN, AND STAYING ALIVE.14. The Characteristics of Culture.15. Ethnographic Research: Its History, Methods, and Theories.16. Language and Communication.17. Social Identity, Personality, and Gender.18. Patterns of Subsistence.19. Economic Systems.Part VI. FORMATION OF GROUPS: THE CHALLENGE OF COOPERATION.20. Sex, Marriage, and Family.21. Kinship and Descent.22. Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest, and Class.Part VII. SEARCH FOR ORDER: THE CHALLENGE OF DISORDER.23. Politics, Power, and Violence.24. Spirituality, Religion, and the Supernatural.25. The Arts.Part VIII. CHANGE AND THE FUTURE: THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBALIZATION.26. Processes of Change.27. Global Challenges, Local Responses, and the Role of Anthropology.
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
301
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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a basic reference book
This is a general, college-level introduction to Anthropology. I needed it to review, so I could attempt to "test out" of a college level course. It served its purpose well. Not really for the expert level, but good basic information.

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