Kottak, Conrad Phillip <br/><br/>
Anthropology:  the exploration of human diversity / 
Conrad Phillip Kottak 
 - Thirteenth edition 
 - Boston, Massachusetts :  McGraw Hill Education,  c2009 
 - xxvii, 589 pages :  illustrations ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I. Introduction to Anthropology -- What Is Anthropology? -- Culture -- Applying Anthropology -- Part II. Physical Anthropology and Archaeology -- Studying the Past -- Evolution and Genetics -- Human Variation and Adaptation -- The Primates -- Early Hominins -- The Genus Homo -- The First Farmers -- The First Cities and States -- Part III. Exploring Cultural Diversity -- Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology -- Language and Communication -- Ethnicity and Race -- Making a Living -- Political Systems -- Gender -- Families, Kinship, and Descent -- Marriage -- Religion -- Arts, Media, and Sports -- Part IV. The Changing World -- The World System and Colonialism -- Global Issues Today 
<br/><br/> "A recent National Academy of science inductee, Conrad Phillip Kottak offers an up-to-date holistic introduction to anthropology from four-field perspective. Kottak emphasizes why anthropology to better understand themselves. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780073405360 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>ANTHROPOLOGY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GN 25 .K67 2009