Culture, People, Nature An Introduction to General Anthropology

by Harris, Marvin

• ISBN13: 9780673990938
• ISBN10: 0673990931
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-27
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Professor Harris the leading theorist in cultural materialism bases this comprehensive work on the perspective of thematic and theoretical coherence, giving the book depth and continuity. Speaking directly to students, helpful chapter introductions and end-of-chapter summaries focus on key points before and after reading each chapter. This seventh edition includes meticulous updating of research and scholarship, especially in the very active field of physical anthropology and archaeology. A new feature "America Now Updates" turns an anthropological eye on the contemporary U.S., emphasizing the comparative aspects of anthropology and making the discipline relevant to students.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	vii	(6)
Boxes and Tables	xiii	(2)
Preface	xv
Chapter 1 Introduction	1	(6)
PART I PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY	7	(78)
Chapter 2 Biology, Genetics, and Evolution	9	(10)
Chapter 3 The Human Pedigree and Human Nature	19	(15)
Chapter 4 The First Hominids	34	(22)
Chapter 5 The Origins of Homo sapiens	56	(17)
Chapter 6 Race, Human Variation, and the Forces of Evolution	73	(12)
PART II CULTURE AND LANGUAGE	85	(34)
Chapter 7 The Nature of Culture	87	(17)
Chapter 8 Language	104	(15)
PART III ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY	119	(60)
Chapter 9 The Old World Paleolithic	121	(17)
Chapter 10 From the Neolithic to the Rise of States	138	(17)
Chapter 11 The Second Earth	155	(24)
PART IV INFRASTRUCTURE	179	(44)
Chapter 12 Production	181	(18)
Chapter 13 Reproduction	199	(14)
Chapter 14 Human Sexuality	213	(10)
PART V STRUCTURE	223	(128)
Chapter 15 Economic Organization	225	(18)
Chapter 16 Domestic Organization	243	(17)
Chapter 17 Descent, Locality, and Kinship	260	(15)
Chapter 18 Law, Order, and War in Nonstate Societies	275	(16)
Chapter 19 Origins and Anatomy of the State	291	(13)
Chapter 20 Class and Caste	304	(13)
Chapter 21 Ethnicity, Race, and Racism	317	(16)
Chapter 22 Gender Hierarchies	333	(18)
PART VI SUPERSTRUCTURE	351	(54)
Chapter 23 Psychological Anthropology	353	(14)
Chapter 24 Religion	367	(23)
Chapter 25 Art	390	(15)
PART VII ANTHROPOLOGY AND MODERN LIFE	405	(23)
Chapter 26 Applied Anthropology	407	(14)
Appendix: A History of Theories of Culture	421	(7)
Glossary	428	(6)
References	434	(31)
Credits	465	(3)
Name Index	468	(7)
Subject Index	475