Anthropology The Exploration of Human Diversity with Living

The new edition of Kottak's best selling text continues to offer a holistic introduction to anthropology that approaches the course from a four-field perspective. To emphasize anthropology's integrated and comparative nature, "Bringing It All Together" essays show how anthropology's sub-fields and dimensions combine to interpret and explain a common topic. Another distinctive feature, "Understanding Ourselves," illustrates the relevance of anthropological facts and theories to students' everyday lives. In addition, every new copy of the eleventh edition is packaged free with a new student CD-ROM as well as PowerWeb!A NEW Kottak Living Anthropology Student CD-ROM features a powerful marriage of anthropological video clips and pedagogy to reinforce concepts from each chapter of the text. It includes 25 succinct video clips, each corresponding to a chapter in the textbook. |A NEW and comprehensive Kottak Anthropology Atlas now appears as an insert to the text, replacing the separate Atlas that had accompanied the previous edition. The new color Atlas includes 17 maps covering topics important to all four fields in anthropology, accompanied by interpretive questions that test students' skill with map usage. Cross-references to individual maps appear in the margins of most chapters. |A NEW Chapter 5, "Human Variation and Adaptation," presents a focused discussion on human biological adaptation and variation, as well as current views of race. |A NEW Appendix provides a thought-provoking overview of anthropological theories, their evolution, and relevance to contemporary thought. The essay also includes a timeline charting the historical development of key theories. |A NEW "Linkages" activity at the end of each chapter provides comments and questions that link the text chapter to information in three other McGraw-Hill books often packaged with this text: Assault on Paradise, Fourth Edition, by Conrad Phillip Kottak; Culture Sketches, Fourth Edition, by Holly Peters-Golden; and The Gebusi, a new case study by Bruce Knauft. |A NEW contemporary design features a larger page size that enhances the readability of the text and the clarity of its pedagogical features. |NEWLY designed chapter openers improve access to key ideas and themes. Each chapter begins with an outline of key points, a concise overview that helps students organize their reading and focus on critical concepts, and a "News Brief" that conveys the excitement and relevance of anthropological inquiry, illustrated in todayĹźs headlines. |Two NEW quick guides to theory ("Applications of AnthropologyĹźs Major Theories" and "Coverage of Race and Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Class") now appear on the inside covers of the book, providing quick access, through chapter or page references, to discussions of these critical issues within the text. |Five NEW "Beyond the Classroom" boxes appear in chapters 6, 10, 14, 21, and 25. These thematic boxes, found in most chapters, report on student-based research; they enable students to read about the work of their peers, further highlighting the relevance of anthropology in the real world and suggesting possible research and academic options.|Innovative "Bringing It All Together" sections highlight anthropologyĹźs holistic, four field perspective. |The overarching theme of "Understanding Ourselves" helps students see the relevance of anthropology's facts and theories to their own lives. |Chapter-opening previews provide succinct chapter outlines and overviews, helping students focus on the chapterĹźs critical concepts. |Helpful marginal icons point students to relevant additional information available on the text's companion Online Learning Center.|A thematic box program--ĹźInteresting IssuesĹź and the widely acclaimed ĹźBeyond the ClassroomĹź--captures student interest by focusing in on provocative issues and student research. |An unusually rich visual program of illustrations, including photos with thought-provoking captions, make chapter material clear and inviting. |Easy-to-use end-of-chapter learning aids, including summaries, glossaries, critical thinking questions, atlas and Internet exercises, and lists of suggested readings facilitate chapter review and further study.