Anthropology The Human Challenge (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

by Haviland, William A.; Prins, Harald E. L.; Walrath, Dana; McBride, Bunny

• ISBN13: 9780534623616
• ISBN10: 0534623611
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-30
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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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