Anthropology :

Kottak, Conrad Phillip.

Anthropology : - 7th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c1997. - xxx, 544 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ;

The scope of anthropology; field methods; culture; ethnicity and ethnic relations; human biological diversity and the race concept; evolution, genetics and biological adaptation; the primates; early hominids; the emergence of modern humans; the origin and spread of food production; adaptive strategies and economic systems; the political systems of bands and tribes; chiefdoms and states; kinship and descent; marriage; gender; religion; personality and worldview; language and communication; the world system, industrialism and stratification; applied anthropology; development and innovation; cultural exchange and survival. Appendix: American popular culture

This text offers an introduction to the five sub-disciplines of anthropology: cultural, physical, archaeological, linguistic, and applied. It adopts an eclectic approach, and this edition includes coverage of race, gender and diversity, as well as a chapter on cultural exchange and survival

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