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Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity https://www.mheducation.com/cover-images/Jpeg_400-high/1260052400.jpeg 18 2019 9781260052404 A leading name in anthropology, Conrad Philip Kottak continues to define student learning in the general anthropology course. Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity offers an up-to-date holistic introduction to general anthropology from the four-field perspective. Key themes of appreciating the experiences students bring to the classroom, appreciating human diversity, and appreciating the field of anthropology are showcased throughout the text. The program presents anthropology’s core concepts and also demonstrates anthropology’s relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. Revisions to the 18th edition of Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity were extensively informed by student data, collected anonymously by McGraw-Hill’s adaptive learning system. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.
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Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity
Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity

Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity, 18th Edition

ISBN10: 1260052400 | ISBN13: 9781260052404
By Conrad Kottak and Scott Lukas

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A leading name in anthropology, Conrad Philip Kottak continues to define student learning in the general anthropology course. Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity offers an up-to-date holistic introduction to general anthropology from the four-field perspective. Key themes of appreciating the experiences students bring to the classroom, appreciating human diversity, and appreciating the field of anthropology are showcased throughout the text. The program presents anthropology’s core concepts and also demonstrates anthropology’s relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. Revisions to the 18th edition of Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity were extensively informed by student data, collected anonymously by McGraw-Hill’s adaptive learning system. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

PART 1: Introduction to Anthropology 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


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Bibliography
Index


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About the Author

Conrad Kottak

Conrad Phillip Kottak (A.B. Columbia, 1963; Ph.D. Columbia, 1966) is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1968.  In 1991 he was honored for his teaching by the University and the state of Michigan.  In 1992 he received an excellence in teaching award from the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts of the University of Michigan.  Professor Kottak has done fieldwork in cultural anthropology in Brazil (since 1962), Madagascar (since 1966), and the United States. In current research projects, Kottak and his colleagues have investigated the emergence of ecological awareness in Brazil, the social context of deforestation in Madagascar, and popular participation in economic development planning in northeastern Brazil.

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