Anthropology Unbound

by Durrenberger,E. Paul

• ISBN13: 9781594512612
• ISBN10: 1594512612
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

For novice readers who may not regard anthropology as relevant to today's headlines this book is a break-through. Durrenberger and Erem show how seeing the world through an anthropological lens enhances our understanding of such current topics as globalization, the new economy, jobs and careers, world trade, the condition of inner cities, and racial and ethnic relations. It provides the best application available of anthropological research to America's current public issues and concerns. Written in lively prose the book is vital to any social science collection.

Author Biography

Paul Durrenberger is a professor of anthropology at Penn State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
User's Guide for Instructors	ix
Introduction, or How to Read This Book	xiii
Prologue: In the Beginning	1	(4)
Science Basics	5	(6)
People Are Primates	11	(14)
Human Variations: Race and Gender	25	(18)
Language	43	(14)
How We Think about Kinship	57	(14)
Ecological Systems	71	(12)
An Anthropological Approach to Economics	83	(18)
Political Systems	101	(16)
Stratification without a State: Medieval Iceland	117	(12)
How States Work	129	(18)
The Anthropology of Religion	147	(14)
Political Economy	161	(24)
Class	185	(20)
Back to the Land	205	(16)
Global Processes, Local Systems	221	(22)
Connecting the People to the System	243	(14)
The End Is Near	257	(8)
Glossary	265	(10)
References	275	(6)
Index	281	(6)
About the Authors	287