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Anthropology

Author: Carol R Ember; Melvin Ember; Peter N Peregrine
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©2002.
Edition/Format:  Book : English : 10th edView all editions and formats
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Reflecting recent anthropological research and controversial developments, this exceptionally readable, comprehensive introduction to anthropology goes beyond mere descriptions to discuss what humans  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Carol R Ember; Melvin Ember; Peter N Peregrine
ISBN: 0130918369 9780130918369
OCLC Number: 47018472
Description: xix, 645 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Contents: What is Anthropology? --
How We Discover the Past --
Genetics and Evolution --
The Living Primates --
Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids --
The First Hominids --
The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo --
The Emergence of Homo Sapiens --
The Upper Paleolithic World --
Origins of Food Production and Settled Life --
Origins of Cities and States --
Human Variations and Adaptation --
The Concept of Culture --
Theory and Evidence in Cultural Anthropology --
Communication and Language --
Getting Food --
Economic System --
Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism --
Sex, Gender, and Culture --
Marriage and the Family --
Marital Residence and Kinship --
Associations and Interest Groups --
Political Life: Social Order and Disorder --
Psychology and Culture --
Religion and Magic --
The Arts --
Culture Change --
Applied and Practicing Anthropology --
Medical Anthropology --
Global Social Problems.
Responsibility: Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember, Peter N. Peregrine.

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