Anthropology The Human Challenge (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)
by Haviland, William A.; Prins, Harald E. L.; Walrath, Dana; McBride, BunnyEdition: 11th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-07-30
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary
This book offers a comprehensive and balanced presentation on views of human culture, evolution, and prehistory. The text presents the principles and processes of anthropology, both physical (biological) and cultural, including ethnology, linguistics, and prehistoric archaeology in an integrated, holistic manner. A new framework emphasizing connections (between the subfields of anthropology) and the challenge of global interconnections serves to unify the material. Biocultural connections are also emphasized as the authors integrate contemporary research and ideas from several schools of thought, using a lively writing style to engage readers and keep them interested in "real world" anthropology.
Table of Contents
| Anthropology: The Challenge of Knowing Humanity | |
| The Essence of Anthropology | |
| Biology and Evolution | |
| Living Primates | |
| Evolution: The Challenge of Understanding Human Origins | |
| Field Methods in Archaeology & Paleoanthropology | |
| Macroevolution and the Early Primates | |
| The Earliest Bipeds | |
| The Genus Homo: Biocultural Challenges | |
| Homo habilis and Cultural Origins | |
| Homo erectus and the Emergence of Hunting & Gathering | |
| Archaic Homo sapiens and the Middle Paleolithic | |
| Homo sapiens and the Upper Paleolithic | |
| Human Biocultural Evolution: The Challenge of Technology & Human Diversity | |
| The Neolithic Revolution: Domestication of Plants & Animals | |
| The Emergence of Cities & States | |
| Modern Human Diversity | |
| Culture and Survival: The Challenge of Communicating, Raising Children, and Staying Alive | |
| The Characteristics of Culture | |
| Language and Communication | |
| Social Identity, Personality, and Gender | |
| Patterns of Subsistence | |
| Economic Systems | |
| Formation of Groups: The Challenge of Cooperation | |
| Sex and Marriage | |
| Family and Household | |
| Kinship and Descent | |
| Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest and Class | |
| Search for Order: The Challenge of Disorder | |
| Politics, Power, and Violence | |
| Spirituality, Religion, and the Supernatural | |
| The Arts | |
| Change and the Future: The Challenge of Globalization | |
| Processes of Change | |
| Global Challenges, Local Responses, & the Role of Anthropology | |
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