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Anthropology Phillip Whitten

Anthropology By Phillip Whitten

Anthropology by Phillip Whitten


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This collection of essays lets students explore such topics as the changing role of anthropology, evolution versus natural selection, the disappearance of the Neanderthal, sex roles, human diversity, the explosion of creativity technology, and culture and language.

Anthropology Summary

Anthropology: Contemporary Perspectives by Phillip Whitten

This collection of essays lets students explore such topics as the changing role of anthropology, evolution versus natural selection, the disappearance of the Neanderthal, sex roles, human diversity, the explosion of creativity technology, and culture and language. The editors have selected works by some of today's leading anthropologists, science writers and scientists to provide students with a range of perspectives to help them understand the relevance of anthropology in this changing world.

Table of Contents

I.INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 1.David E.K. Hunter and Phillip Whitten, Finding Anthropology.. 2.Louis A. Sass, Anthropologys Native Problems. II.BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 3.Stephen Jay Gould, Darwinism Defined: The Difference between Fact and Theory. 4.Phillip Whitten and Martin K. Nickels, Our Forebears Forebears. 5.Jared Diamond, The Great Leap Forward. 6.Shari Rudavsky, The Secret Life of the Neanderthal. 7.Robert A. Foley, The Search for Early Man. 8.Lee Cronk, Designed for Another Time: Modern Problems for an Ancient Species. 9.Barbara Smuts, What Are Friends For? 10.Boyce Rensberger, On Becoming Human. 11.Monique Borgerhoff Mulder, Progress in Human Sociobiology. 12.Jane B. Lancaster and Phillip Whitten, Sharing in Human Evolution. 13.Boyce Rensberger, Racial Odyssey. 14.Albert Jacquard, 'Race:' Myths under the Microscope. III.ARCHAEOLOGY. 15.Colin Renfrew, Whats New in Archaeology? 16.Richard Monastersky, Fingerprints in the Sand. 17.Ben Patrusk, The First Americans: Who Were They and When Did They Arrive? 18.Charles B. Heiser, Jr., The Origin of Agriculture. 19.Solomon H. Katz and Fritz Maytag, Brewing an Ancient Beer. 20.John Pfeiffer, How Were Cities Invented? 21.Henry T. Wright, Rise of Civilizations: Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica. IV.LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION. 22.Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Genes, Peoples, and Languages. 23.Ellen Rudolph, Womens Talk. 24.Stephen Thayer, Close Encounters. 25.Michael J. Frisbie, Koko: 'Fine Animal Gorilla.' V.CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. 26.Napoleon A. Chagnon, Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomam?. 27.Laura Bohannan, Shakespeare in the Bush. 28.Richard B. Lee, Eating Christmas in the Kalahari. 29.Horace Miner, Body Ritual among the Nacirema. 30.Malcolm McFee and David E.K. Hunter, Marriage: For Love, Profit, or Politics? 31.Napoleon A. Chagnon, Fission in an Amazonian Tribe. 32.Laurel Kendall, The Marriage of Yongsus Mother. 33.David E.K. Hunter, Subsistence Strategies and the Organization of Social Life. 34.Klaus-Friedrich Koch, Cannibalistic Revenge in Jal? Warfare. 35.Marvin Harris, Life without Chiefs. 36.Allen Johnson, In Search of the Affluent Society. 37.Marvin Harris, Indias Sacred Cow. 38.John B. Calhoun, Plight of the Ik and Kaiadilt Is Seen as a Chilling Possible End for Man. 39.Ernestine Friedl, Society and Sex Roles. 40.Agnes Estioko-Griffin, Daughters of the Forest. 41.Cherry Lindholm and Charles Lindholm, Life behind the Veil. 42.Peter M. Worsley, Cargo Cults. 43.June Nash, Devils, Witches, and Sudden Death. 44.Nathan L. Gerrard, The Serpent-Handling Religions of West Virginia. 45.Gino del Guerico, The Secrets of Haitis Living Dead. 46.William W. Howells, Requiem for a Lost People. 47.David Maybury-Lewis, Societies on the Brink. 48.Geoffrey Cowley, The Great Disease Migration. 49.Lauriston Sharp, Steel Axes for Stone-Age Australians. 50.Napoleon A. Chagnon, The Beginning of Western Acculturation. VI.ANTHROPOLOGY IN THE MODERN WORLD. 51.Lynn Payer, Medical Practice and National Culture. 52.Melvin Konner, The Stone-Age Diet: Cuisine Sauvage. 53.Patrick Huyghe, No Bone Unturned. 54.Daniel Goleman, Shamans and Their Lore May Vanish with the Forests. 55.Barry Bogin, The Extinction of Homo Sapiens. Glossary.

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GOR006984428
9780673522665
0673522660
Anthropology: Contemporary Perspectives by Phillip Whitten
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Pearson Education (US)
19921228
325
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