Anthropology

A Global Perspective

•  The new edition is available as a digital option through SAGE Vantage, an intuitive digital platform that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools—including video—all designed to enable students to better prepare for class.
• A fourth core theme of psychological essentialism, the flawed beliefs that members of certain categories or classifications share an underlying invisible essence, is introduced.
• A dramatically new look: new photos and figures, and others deleted or modified, better illustrate key points.
• A new chapter on gender and sexuality explores the complexities of topics such as LGBTQ issues in various societies throughout the world.  
• Chapter 3 on evolution has been condensed, and its key terms reduced, providing a succinct discussion for undergraduate students.
• Chapter 5 on human evolution and Chapter 7 on the Paleolithic have been substantially revised and updated to include the most up to date paleoanthropological and archaeological data and findings.
• A new condensed Chapter 22 on globalization, colonialism, and postcolonialism provides the most current ethnographic research on how peoples have been impacted by globalization throughout the world.
• Updated Anthropologists at Work boxes provide profiles of anthropologists and archaeologists who study native languages, psychological anthropology, YouTube, space travel, the global financial world, and more.
• New, updated, and expanded discussions include coverage of the current field methods used in archaeological research, the evolution of anatomically modern humans, the Neanderthals, the Denisova hominins, the increasing role of genomic data in the interpretation of hominin evolution and modern human origins, and more.

KEY FEATURES:

• An organization around four unifying themes structure the material presented in this textbook, helping students grasp the complex field of anthropology:

1. diversity of human societies
2. similarities that make all humans fundamentally alike
3. synthetic-complementary approach
4. psychological essentialism

• This text engages readers in anthropology by delving into both classic and current research in the field, reflecting a commitment to anthropology’s holistic and integrative approach.
• Critical Perspectives boxes are designed to stimulate independent reasoning and judgment by prompting students to take on the role of anthropologists and engage in the critical analysis of specific problems that arise in anthropological research.
• Chapter Outlines at the beginning of each chapter provide students with a comprehensive view of the content ahead.
• Learning Objectives prompt students to begin each chapter with an idea of what they should seek to understand as well as summarize at the end of the section.
• Every chapter ends with a Summary and Review of Learning Objectives, helping students review and better retain concepts.
• A list of Key Terms with page numbers in every chapter helps students focus on the key concepts introduced.