Window on Humanity: A Concise Introduction to Anthropology

Description

Window on Humanity is a brief introduction to general anthropology. It covers the four subfields – biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology – as well as anthropology’s two dimensions – academic and applied anthropology.  Its shorter length increases instructor's options for assigning additional reading―case studies, readers, and other supplements within a one semester course. Window on Humanity can also work well in a quarter system, for which traditional texts may be too long. While presenting core concepts and topics, Window also aims to demonstrate anthropology’s relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The text aims to instill an appreciation of human diversity, of anthropology as a field, and of how an anthropological approach can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom.  Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Brief Contents Contents Anthropology Today Boxes Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1 What Is Anthropology? 2 Culture 3 Doing Anthropology 4 Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation 5 The Primates 6 Early Hominins 7 The Genus Homo 8 The First Farmers 9 The First Cities and States 10 Language and Communication 11 Making a Living 12 Political Systems 13 Families, Kinship, and Marriage 14 Gender 15 Religion 16 Ethnicity and Race 17 Applying Anthropology 18 The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality 19 Anthropology?s Role in a Globalizing World Glossary Bibliography Index