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020 _a9780073405360
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050 _aGN 25 .K67 2009
100 _aKottak, Conrad Phillip
_eauthor
245 0 _aAnthropology:
_bthe exploration of human diversity /
_cConrad Phillip Kottak
250 _aThirteenth edition
260 _aBoston, Massachusetts :
_bMcGraw Hill Education,
_cc2009
300 _axxvii, 589 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c29 cm.
365 _bUSD133.99
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aPart 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
520 _a"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.
650 _aANTHROPOLOGY
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