Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Anthropology

by Robert L. Welsch, Kirk Endicott

Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with "Learning Outcomes, " an "Issue Summary, " an "Introduction, " and an "Exploring the Issue" section featuring "Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, " and "Additional Resources." Taking Sides readers also offer a "Topic Guide" and an annotated listing of "Internet References" for further consideration of the issues. An online Instructor's Resource Guide with testing material is available for each volume. "Using Taking Sides in the Classroom" is also an excellent instructor resource. Visit www.mhhe.com/takingsides for more details.

Genres: Anthropology

480 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2005

About the author

Robert L. Welsch is an American anthropologist and author. He is now retired from teaching anthropology at Franklin Pierce University and Dartmouth College, and was formerly affiliated with The Field Museum in Chicago. In addition to conducting extensive field research in Papua New Guinea, he is co-author of a series of textbooks with Oxford University Press.

Reviews

[Jessica]

This book was not very well put together. All of the articles show the extreme sides of whatever argument is being presented and leaves little middle ground and makes it feel like the authors of the articles are literally going tit for tat with one another. Also, from other readings in other classes, I can say that some of the articles are not even the best representations of the argument at hand, making the authors seem either crazy or unprofessional.

[Sara]

Great book for understanding some of the foundations of anthropological discussions, however, I found that many of the sides for each arguement were quite extreme.