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This careful revision of a best-selling text features vastly expanded coverage of physical anthropology and achaeology. This serves to make Kottal the most balanced introduction to the four fields of anthropology. "Where in the World" maps let students view important geographical data "up close" as well as in the broader context of the geographical area. Helpful marginal icons tell students when more information is available on the CD-ROM, Website or elsewhere in the text. Engaging boxed features, "Interesting Issues", "In the News", and the widely-acclaimed "Beyond the Classroom", capture student interest by focusing on provocative issues, current events and student research. Easy-to-use end-of-chapter reviews now include an all-new numbered chapter summary which students will find valuable as a study tool, as well as glossaries, critical thinking and internet exercises. New organization places the physical anthropology and archaeology chapters at the beginning of the text and follows them with the cultural and linguistic chapters, making the book a better match for the way most instructors teach the course. A new student CD-ROM features a chapter-by-chapter electronic study guide with audio, video, text and web-based review tools, as well as study break materials and information on how to succeed in this course. New chapter-opening vignettes highlight a newsworthy current event related to the chapter, drawing students in and emphasizing the relevance of anthropology in today's world.
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An expanded illustration program is evident throughout the text, including many more photos, more tables, figures, and maps, as well as a new map program entitled, "Where in the World" that provides global maps with close-up locations of major groups discussed in the text.
A new chapter entitled "The Arts" (ch. 18) explores cross-cultural variations in art and its forms.
The chapter entitled "Language and Communication" has been moved forward to chapter 4 (formerly ch. 19) to achieve a better fit with the way most people seem to teach anthropology.
"Beyond the Classroom" boxes present original undergraduate student research from several colleges and universities
New material on many topics, including Archaeological Methods, Ethics, Team Research, Cultural Relativism and Human Rights, Nonverbal Communication, and Ebonics.
: A new text specific Website contains additional and expanded material, including material deleted between the 7th and the 8th edition (e.g. former chapter 18, "Personality and World View"), links to relevant websites, five culture sketches written by Holly Peters-Golden, to provide more complete and detailed ethnographic examples of some of the major groups discussed in the text (e.g. Trobrianders). Web icons throughout the text alert students that related material can be found on the book's Website
Students benefit from a text written by a renowned researcher and teacher from a premier anthropology department at the University of Michigan.
Since no single theoretical perspective orients this book, instructors with a wide range of views and approaches are able to use it effectively.
Provides a balanced introduction to the four fields of anthropology: cultural, physical, archaeological, and linguistic
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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