ANTHROPOLOGY: APPRECIATING HUMAN DIVERSITY (ISE)

Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity is an introduction to general anthropology. It covers the four subfields - biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology, as well as anthropology's two dimensions: academic and applied. While presenting anthropology's core, the text also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to our modern world. The subtitle of the text reflects its goal of instilling a sense of appreciation: (1) of human diversity, (2) of anthropology as a field, and (3) of how anthropology can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom.

• PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

  1 What is Anthropology?

  2 Culture

  3 Applying Anthropology

  PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

  4 Doing Archaeology and Biological Anthropology

  5 Evolution and Genetics

  6 Human Variation and Adaptation

  7 The Primates

  8 Early Hominins

  9 The Genus Homo

  10 The Origin and Spread of Modern Humans

  11 The First Farmers

  12 The First Cities and States

  PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY

  13 Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

  14 Language and Communication

  15 Ethnicity and Race

  16 Making a Living

  17 Political Systems

  18 Gender

  19 Families, Kinship, and Descent

  20 Marriage

  21 Religion

  22 Arts, Media, and Sports

  PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD

  23 The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

  24 Anthropology's Role in a Globalizing World