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Anthropology, 12/E
Carol R. Ember, Human Relations Area Files
Melvin R Ember, Human Relations Area Files
Peter N. Peregrine, Lawrence University

ISBN-10: 0132277530
ISBN-13: 9780132277532

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 688 pp
Published: 04/26/2006
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For one semester/quarter introductory courses in General Anthropology (Four Fields).

This text provides students with a comprehensive and scientific introduction to the four fields of anthropology. The book helps students understand humans in all their variety and why such variety exists. The new twelfth edition places an increased emphasis on immigration, migration and globalization.

The five sections of the text introduce students to anthropology, address the biological and cultural evolution of humans, introduce students to cultural variation, and show how anthropology can be applied beyond academia.

How do you show relevance of your course to real world events?

Emphasis on Applied Anthropology: Applied & Practicing Anthropology (Chapter 29), Medical Anthropology (Chapter 30), and Global Social Problems (Chapter 31)—Gives students an overview of the relationship between basic and applied research and give real world examples of how anthropological theory is used to solve everyday dilemmas.

Current Research and Issues boxes—Highlight recent topics that students may have heard about in the news or that are currently being debated in the profession. Keep students abreast of current issues in the discipline. (See page 211)

Applied Anthropology boxes—Explain some of the ways anthropologists have studied or applied their knowledge to health and other practical problems. Examples include deforestation in the Amazon; preventing the extinction of languages; modernization and obesity. (See pp. 319, 268, 504)

New Perspectives on Gender boxes—Explain issues pertaining to sex and gender, both in anthropology and everyday life. Examples includes sexism in language; separate women’s associations and women’s status and power; morality in women versus men. (See pp. 278, 408, 186, 455)

Research Navigator exercises—Encourage students to use the Research Navigator database of articles and Web links to discover more about the changes that are occurring in the field of anthropology. (See p. 14)

How do you expose your students to issues of globalization?

Increased emphasis on globalization–Chapter 28 includes material on globalization and culture change.

How do you cover research methods?

NEW—Separate chapter on the history of theoretical orientations: "Theoretical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology" (Chapter 14)

NEW Chapter—"Explanation and Evidence" (Chapter 15)—Includes material on ethics in fieldwork and an expanded discussion of cross-cultural research.

NEW—Research Navigator™ exercises—At the end of every chapter, students are given an exercise that asks them to use Research Navigator™, a powerful database search engine. Students can be encouraged to use the resources found on Research Navigator™ to discover more about the changes that are occurring in the field of anthropology. (See p. 14)

NEW—Discovering Anthropology: Researchers at Work—This book of case studies provides students with engaging, up-to-date examples of anthropologists at work. The original articles were commissioned to highlight the personal experiences of anthropologists as they conduct research; A case study corresponds with every chapter in the textbook. Discussion and homework questions about the case studies can be found at the end of every chapter in the text.

How do you cover globalization and culture change?

NEW—Integrated material on migration and immigration—This theme is continued throughout as a way to highlight why populations move and how they have adapted to life in new environments.

-Migrant and Immigrant map feature

-Migrant and Immigrant box feature

NEW—DK™ Maps—Dorling Kindersley, a leading publisher of educational maps, has created maps that highlight aspects of human migration and globalization, including maps on such topics as Hominid Origins, The Spread of Agriculture, Western Imperialism, Trading in Human Lives, and Migration in the 19^th Century. (See pp. 300 & 301).

Part I Introduction

Chapter 1       What Is Anthropology?

Chapter 2       How We Discover the Past

Part II Human Evolution: Biological and Cultural

Chapter 3       Genetics and Evolution

Chapter 4       The Living Primates

Chapter 5       Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids

Chapter 6       The First Hominids

Chapter 7       The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo

Part III Modern Humans

Chapter 8       The Emergence of Homo Sapiens

Chapter 9       The Upper Paleolithic World

Chapter 10       Origins of Food Production and Settled Life

Chapter 11       Origins of Cities and States

Chapter 12       Human Variation and Adaptation

Part IV Cultural Variation

Chapter 13       The Concept of Culture

Chapter 14       Theoretical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology

Chapter 15       Explanation and Evidence

Chapter 16       Communication and Language

Chapter 17       Getting Food

Chapter 18       Economic Systems

Chapter 19       Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism

Chapter 20       Sex, Gender, and Culture

Chapter 21       Marriage and the Family

Chapter 22       Marital Residence and Kinship

Chapter 23       Associations and Interest Groups

Chapter 24       Political Life: Social Order and Disorder

Chapter 25       Psychology and Culture

Chapter 26       Religion and Magic

Chapter 27       The Arts

Chapter 28       Culture Change and Globalization

Part V Using Anthropology

Chapter 29       Applied and Practicing Anthropology

Chapter 30       Medical Anthropology

Chapter 31       Global Social Problem

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Instructor's Resource CD-ROM, 12/E
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Instructor's Resource Manual w/Tests, 12/E
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Study Guide, 12/E
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Blockbuster Approach, The: A Guide to Teaching Anthropology with Video
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DK/PH Atlas of Anthropology
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Strategies in Teaching Anthropology, 5/E
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