Anthropology For Dummies人类学傻瓜书
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作者： Cameron M. Smith，Evan T. Davies, PhD 著
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出版时间： 2008-8-1字数：版次： 1页数： 360印刷时间： 2008/08/01开本： 16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780470279663包装： 平装编辑推荐
作者简介：Cameron M. Smith’s fascination with humanity was sparked on a 1984 trip to Mexico’s Maya ruins; by 1987, he was a student of both Harvard University’s early human archaeology field school at Kenya’s Leakey research station and the University of London’s Institute of Archaeology. He then went to Durham University in northern England for a Joint Honours BA in Anthropology & Archaeology, followed by an MA in Anthropology at Portland State University (in Portland, Oregon) and a PhD from Canada’s Simon Fraser University.
Since 2002, Dr. Smith has taught a wide variety of courses as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Portland State University’s Department of Anthropology; he has also taught at Washington State University and Linfield College.
Dr. Smith’s scientific works have been published in journals such as the American Journal of Physical Anthropology and the Journal of Field Archaeology and books published by International Monographs in Prehistory and Oxford’s British Archaeology Reports. His research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Science Foundation-funded Barrow Arctic Science Consortium.
Reaching out from the academic world, Dr. Smith has written popular-science articles for Scientific American MIND, Archaeology, Playboy, Spaceflight, Skeptical Inquirer, South American Explorer, The Next Step, Cultural Survival Quarterly, The Bulletin of Primitive Technology, and other magazines. Anthropology For Dummies is Dr. Smith’s second book. His first, written with Charles Sullivan, was The Top Ten Myths About Evolution (Prometheus, 2006).
内容简介
Covers the latest competing theories in the field
Get a handle on the fundamentals of biological and cultural anthropology
When did the first civilizations arise? How many human languages exist? The answers are found in anthropology - and this friendly guide explains its concepts in clear detail. You'll see how anthropology developed as a science, what it tells us about our ancestors, and how it can help with some of the hot-button issues our world is facing today.
Discover:
How anthropologists learn about the past
Humanity's earliest activities, from migration to civilization
Why our language differs from other animal communication
How to find a career in anthropology
目录
Introduction
Part I: What Is Anthropology?
Chapter 1: Human Beings and Being Human: An Overview of Anthropology
Chapter 2: Looking Into Humanity’s Mirror: Anthropology’s History
Chapter 3: Actually, Four Mirrors: How Anthropology Is Studied
Part II: Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
Chapter 4: The Wildest Family Reunion: Meet the Primates
Chapter 5: My Career Is in Ruins: How Anthropologists Learn about the Past
Chapter 6: Bones of Contention: The Fossil Evidence for Early Human Evolution
Chapter 7: It’s Good to Be Home: Homo sapiens sapiens, Our Biological Species
Chapter 8: Hunting, Fishing, Sailing, and Sledding: The Spread of Humanity Worldwide
Chapter 9: Old, Old McDonald: The Origins of Farming
Chapter 10: The Development of Civilization
Part III: Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics
Chapter 11: The Spice of Life: Human Culture
Chapter 12: From Kalahari to Minneapolis: How Cultural Anthropologists Work
Chapter 13: Can We Talk? Communication, Symbols, and Language
Chapter 14: Types of Types: Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 15: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Identity, Family, Kinship, and Gender
Chapter 16: Not at the Dinner Table! Religion and Politics
Part IV: So What? Anthropology, the Modern World, and You
Chapter 17: Kiss or Kill? Diversity, Conflict, and Culture
Chapter 18: Looming Disasters? From Overpopulation to Space Debris
Chapter 19: Eve and the Iceman: The Cutting Edge of Physical Anthropology
Chapter 20: Stonehenge and You: Why Archaeology Matters
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 21: Ten Things to Remember about Anthropology, Whatever Else You Forget
Chapter 22: Ten Great Careers for Anthropology Majors
Chapter 23: Ten Great Anthropologically Themed Movies and Books
Index