Anthropology

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Anthropology Second Edition Barbara D. Miller (The George Washington University) Barbara Millers Anthropology was the first introductory anthropology text to use a four-field perspective to address such diverse topics as research methods, ethics, theory, globalization, gender, race, and ethnicity. Continuing with this tradition in Anthropology, Second Edition, the author is joined by three of the brightest new scholars in archaeology and biological anthropology to provide complete and current coverage of each of the four fields of anthropology. Highlights of the New Edition Contributions fromAndrew Balkansky (Southern Illinois University), Julio Mercader (University of Calgary, Canada and The George Washington University, USA), and Melissa Panger (The George Washington University) Incorporates up-to-date research and the latest discoveries, showing their impact on the classics in anthropology Illuminates the basics of the four fields by demonstrating how they are connected Shows how anthropology is relevant to today's world through carefully chosen examples and exercises Maximizes the effectiveness of the beautifully illustrated art program by building pedagogy into the photo captions, figures, tables, and maps Provides students with the most faithful and holistic representation of anthropology available today What the reviewers are sayingo The text is well laid out, and has an easy flow of reading that my students find appealing. It is well illustrated, incorporating a great deal of detail without becoming overwhelming. More importantly, the text takes a scientific approach to research and to pedagogy Darryl de Ruiter, TexasA&M University This is wonderful compelling reading that again does a far better job of orienting the reader to the main issues in the field than any other text that I have reviewedo The combination of lucid writing with frequent challenging questions, and INTERESTING illustrations makes the book a pleasure to read. Garret Cook, BaylorUniversity The text clearly and effectively invites the student to interact and think about the materialo This is a good solid introductory text that does an exceptionally good job showing students how the discipline makes sense as a whole. John F. Scarry, Universityof North Carolina ________________________________________________________________________ ** Anthropology Experience ad here **