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9780767418454

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

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  • ISBN13:

    9780767418454

  • ISBN10:

    076741845X

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-10-27
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

Using the cross-cultural, evolutionary, and multi-disciplinary perspectives that are unique to anthropology, this text examines contemporary civilization's most pressing problems and generates ideas for solutions and hope for the future.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems

2. Adaptation, Culture Scale, and the Environment Crisis

3. Natural Resources and the Culture of Consumption

4. Malnutrition and the Evolution of Food Systems

5. Commercial Factory Food Systems

6. The Population Problem

7. Poverty and Conflict

8. The Future

Bibliography

Index

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