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Author / Creator:	Ember, Carol R.
Edition:	4th ed.
Imprint:	Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1985.
Description:	xvi, 528 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Anthropology Anthropology.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/656123

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Other authors / contributors:	Ember, Melvin
ISBN:	0130370452
Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. 494-516.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1. What Is Anthropology?
Chapter 2. How We Discover the Past
Part II. Human Evolution: Biological and Cultural
Chapter 3. Genetics and Evolution
Chapter 4. The Living Primates
Chapter 5. Primate Evolution: From Early Primates to Hominoids
Chapter 6. The First Hominids
Chapter 7. The Origins of Culture and the Emergence of Homo
Part III. Modern Humans
Chapter 8. The Emergence of Homo Sapiens
Chapter 9. The Upper Paleolithic World
Chapter 10. Origins of Food Production and Settled Life
Chapter 11. Origins of Cities and States
Chapter 12. Human Variation and Adaptation
Part IV. Cultural Variation
Chapter 13. The Concept of Culture
Chapter 14. Theoretical Approaches in Cultural Anthropology
Chapter 15. Explanation and Evidence
Chapter 16. Communication and Language
Chapter 17. Getting Food
Chapter 18. Economic Systems
Chapter 19. Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Racism
Chapter 20. Sex, Gender, and Culture
Chapter 21. Marriage and the Family
Chapter 22. Marital Residence and Kinship
Chapter 23. Associations and Interest Groups
Chapter 24. Political Life: Social Order and Disorder
Chapter 25. Psychology and Culture
Chapter 26. Religion and Magic
Chapter 27. The Arts
Chapter 28. Culture Change and Globalization
Part V. Using Anthropology
Chapter 29. Applied and Practicing Anthropology
Chapter 30. Medical Anthropology
Chapter 31. Global Social Problem