Download or read book Cultural Anthropology written by Conrad Phillip Kottak and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revision features revised coverage of kinship, families and descent, as well as expanded coverage of ethnographic techniques. A student CD-ROM features audio, video, text and Web-based review tools.
Download or read book Anthropology Appreciating Human Diversity written by Conrad Kottak and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Indigenous Experience written by Roger Maaka and published by Canadian Scholars’ Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Indigenous Experience: Global Perspectives is the first book of its kind. In attempting to present the reader with some of the richness and heterogeneity of Indigenous colonial experiences, the articles featured in this provocative new volume constitute a broad survey of Indigenous Peoples from around the globe. Examples are drawn from the North American nations of Canada and the United States; the Hispanic nations of Latin America; Australia; New Zealand; Hawaii and Rapanui from Oceania; from Northern Europe and the circumpolar region, Norway; and from the continent of Africa, an example from Nigeria. The readings focus on the broader issues of indigeneity in globalization; the book is organized by universal themes that stretch across national and geographic boundaries: The processes of colonization that include conquest, slavery, and dependence ; Colonialism, genocide, and the problem of intention ; Social constructs, myths, and criminalization ;The ongoing struggle to attain social justice, self-determination, and equity."--pub. desc. Additional keywords : Aboriginal peoples, Indians, First Nations, Aboriginies, Maori.
Download or read book Anthropology written by Conrad Phillip Kottak and published by . This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Looseleaf for Anthropology Appreciating Human Diversity written by Conrad Kottak and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading name in anthropology, Conrad Philip Kottakcontinues to define student learning in the general anthropology course. Anthropology:Appreciating Human Diversity offers an up-to-date holistic introduction togeneral anthropology from the four-field perspective. Key themes of appreciatingthe experiences students bring to the classroom, appreciating human diversity,and appreciating the field of anthropology are showcased throughout thetext. The program presents anthropology’s core concepts and also demonstratesanthropology’s relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. Revisions to the17th edition of Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity wereextensively informed by student data, collected anonymously by McGraw-Hill’sadaptive learning system. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowersstudents by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, whenthey need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engagingand effective.
Download or read book Mirror for Humanity written by Conrad Phillip Kottak and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This concise, student-friendly, current introduction to cultural anthropology carefully balances coverage of core topics and contemporary changes in the field. Mirror for Humanity is a perfect match for cultural anthropology courses that use readings or ethnographies along with a main text." --Amazon.
Download or read book Looseleaf for Anthropology Appreciating Human Diversity written by Conrad Phillip Kottak and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its 19th edition, Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity is an introduction to general (four-field) anthropology. It covers the four subfields - biological anthropology, anthropological archaeology, cultural anthropology, and linguistic anthropology, as well as anthropology’s two dimensions: academic and applied anthropology. While presenting anthropology's core, the text also aims to demonstrate anthropology's relevance to the 21st-century world we inhabit. The subtitle of the text reflects its goal of instilling a sense of appreciation: (1) of human diversity, (2) of anthropology as a field, and (3) of how anthropology can build on, and help make sense of, the experience that students bring to the classroom. There is special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on cultural behavior as well as updated consideration of race and ethnicity related to demographic shifts, and of gender fluidity.
Download or read book Anthropology Appreciating Human Diversity Loose Leaf Edition with Connect Access Card written by Conrad Kottak and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.
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Download or read book Counterplay written by Prof. Robert R. Desjarlais and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chess gets a hold of some people, like a virus or a drug," writes Robert Desjarlais in this absorbing book. Drawing on his lifelong fascination with the game, Desjarlais guides readers into the world of twenty-first-century chess to help us understand its unique pleasures and challenges, and to advance a new "anthropology of passion." Immersing us directly in chess’s intricate culture, he interweaves small dramas, closely observed details, illuminating insights, colorful anecdotes, and unforgettable biographical sketches to elucidate the game and to reveal what goes on in the minds of experienced players when they face off over the board. Counterplay offers a compelling take on the intrigues of chess and shows how themes of play, beauty, competition, addiction, fanciful cognition, and intersubjective engagement shape the lives of those who take up this most captivating of games.
Download or read book Loose Leaf Mirror for Humanity written by Conrad Phillip Kottak and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise, student-friendly, current introduction to cultural anthropology carefully balances coverage of core topics and contemporary changes in the field. Mirror for Humanity is a perfect match for cultural anthropology courses that use readings or ethnographies along with a main text.
Download or read book CULTURE written by Lisa Gezon and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McGraw-Hill conducted extensive research to gain insight into students’ study behavior and instructor needs. We learned that students want visual appeal and content designed according to the way they learn, while instructors need a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content. From this, we created the M Series (a series of magazine style textbooks). CULTURE is the latest addition to the series. This new magazine style text for the Introduction to Cultural Anthropology course offers solid scholarly content and an engaging design that will captivate your students. Through memorable eye-catching pedagogical features, students develop a better understanding of the material and will retain a greater amount of course concepts. This book presents cultural anthropology in a way that is both captivating and relevant to today’s student at a price that they prefer. More current, more portable, more captivating, plus a rigorous and innovative research foundation adds up to: more learning. When you meet students where they are, you can take them where you want them to be.
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Download or read book Looseleaf for Anthropology The Exploration of Human Diversity written by Conrad Kottak and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading name in anthropology, Conrad Philip Kottak continues to define student learning in the general anthropology course. Anthropology: Appreciating Human Diversity offers an up-to-date holistic introduction to general anthropology from the four-field perspective. Key themes of appreciating the experiences students bring to the classroom, appreciating human diversity, and appreciating the field of anthropology are showcased throughout the text. Focusing on an increasingly interconnected world, the new Focus on Globalization essays examine topics as diverse as tourism in the ancient and modern worlds, global disease pandemics, world events (including the Olympics and the World Cup), and the expansion of international finance and branding.
Download or read book Art Appreciation written by Dave Plouffe and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for those who are new to the study of art, Art Appreciation: An Introduction to the Formal Elements and Mediums familiarizes readers with foundational concepts of art appreciation and teaches them all they need to know in order to consider and discuss what artists create. The book concentrates on the formal elements and mediums, and introduces art-related vocabulary commonly used by artists and art historians. The accessible content is organized into four primary units. In the first section, students begin with an introduction and learn how art functions within the public sphere. The second section discusses the formal elements of art including line, space, color, motion, and pattern and texture. It also addresses balance, emphasis and focal point, and scale, repetition, and unity. The third section explores various art mediums such as drawing, printmaking, painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture. In the final section students are introduced to specific time periods of the renaissance and modern art era as well as a chapter devoted exclusively to Vincent van Gogh. Featuring an extensive glossary for easy reference and devoted to necessary fundamentals in the discipline, Art Appreciation is ideal for art survey courses, art history, and introductory art appreciation. Dave Plouffe holds a master's degree in art with a specialization in art history from California State University, Fullerton where he is now a faculty member. He has also taught at the University of La Verne and Chaffey College. His areas of interest are modern and contemporary art and art history. He has taught courses in art appreciation, the history of modern art, contemporary art, and survey classes: prehistory through the middle ages and renaissance to contemporary. In addition to teaching, he served as an exhibition technician and a collections administrator for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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