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Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Using engaging stories and clear writing, CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: HUMANITY: AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Ninth Edition, introduces cultural anthropology within a solid framework centered on globalization and culture change. Peoples and Bailey focus on the social and cultural consequences of globalization, emphasizing culture change and world problems. The book's engaging narrative provides new ways of looking at many of the challenges facing the world in this century. As you explore more contemporary issues, including recent debates on gay marriage, cultural and economic globalization, population growth, hunger, and the survival of indigenous cultures, you will gain a better understanding of the cultural information you need to successfully navigate in today's global economy. The authors emphasize the diversity of humanity and reveal why an appreciation and tolerance of cultural differences is critical in the modern world.
496 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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November 30, 2012
Required reading for the Cultural Anthropology course I took this past semester.
I enjoyed reading this textbook. However, I did, at times, feel the authors had some sort of bias. I also felt that words weren't defined well as definitions were certainly NOT put in layman's terms. Still, as far as presenting basic concepts and giving a basic introduction to Cultural Anthropology, I'd say this book did an excellent job.
I enjoyed reading this textbook. However, I did, at times, feel the authors had some sort of bias. I also felt that words weren't defined well as definitions were certainly NOT put in layman's terms. Still, as far as presenting basic concepts and giving a basic introduction to Cultural Anthropology, I'd say this book did an excellent job.
October 28, 2007
Yes, it's a textbook, but it's a damn interesting textbook. People fascinate me & this book just makes me more fascinated. It doesn't even attempt to tell you what goes on with people, it just says: this is what we've observed, this is what we think may be going on, but we could be wrong. No heavy-handed, we are God, we know all, like you usually get in textbooks. Quite interesting.
June 2, 2014
Book Review: Humanity An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
"Humans must know their past in order to achieve a huge success in the future" from the Confucious, this is a famous quote in East-Asia countries. According to this quote it implies that, knowing the origin of something and how the process was are the biggest key to achieve one's goal. This book: Humanity An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology clearly and specifically mentions historical facts and the process of how the human-being changed to civilians. In the ground of these reasons, I speak highly on that this book is a reliable resource that can enrich ourselves with a variety of facts.
To illustrate what this book is about, it is a nonfiction book which includes how the human-being evolved and it result on making civilizations around the world. It is written by James Peoples, Garrick Bailey. This book also have lots of diagrams and 10 chapters to help the reader to understand the context. The diagram basically show that how the appearance of the human being changed during the evolution period, or the population of each civilizations. As this book
is a non-fiction book, it is written at the third-observer's view- this implies that there is no author's personal opinion towards the topic. In addition, it is well- structured and formal. This book is a text book for juniors and seniors- so the intended audience are students.
As a critic of this book, I judge that this book can be effective for all adults and adolescents. As I mentioned before, this book is a text book, so the author's purpose was to make the reader to understand and enrich them with lots of concepts and facts. Even though some of the book's point are ambiguous, most of the topics and themes are quite understand-able, and clear. At pg 67, he used lots of diagrams and illustrations about how the Mesopotamians made the irrigation agriculture be successful. According to this, the author utilized various and lots of illustration to help his points and theme to be clear. However, there were parts that is was ambiguous and confusing. For example, at page 32, while he was describing the difference between Homo-Sapiens and Homo- Erectus, he mentioned life styles of other primates. Besides this, the points were clear and it made the reader understand most of the context. So I believe that this book is beneficial to both adult and adolescent.
In conclusion, I think that this book is great book for the students to read and learn because it has historical facts and the process of how the human-being changed to civilians definitely. To give this book a grade, I will give a 95 out of
100. Even though the theme and points were mostly evident, some part was ambiguous. Since this is a text book, it gives a huge influence to the reader, so I reduced 5 points. As a whole, it is a great book and I think that most students should read it.
"Humans must know their past in order to achieve a huge success in the future" from the Confucious, this is a famous quote in East-Asia countries. According to this quote it implies that, knowing the origin of something and how the process was are the biggest key to achieve one's goal. This book: Humanity An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology clearly and specifically mentions historical facts and the process of how the human-being changed to civilians. In the ground of these reasons, I speak highly on that this book is a reliable resource that can enrich ourselves with a variety of facts.
To illustrate what this book is about, it is a nonfiction book which includes how the human-being evolved and it result on making civilizations around the world. It is written by James Peoples, Garrick Bailey. This book also have lots of diagrams and 10 chapters to help the reader to understand the context. The diagram basically show that how the appearance of the human being changed during the evolution period, or the population of each civilizations. As this book
is a non-fiction book, it is written at the third-observer's view- this implies that there is no author's personal opinion towards the topic. In addition, it is well- structured and formal. This book is a text book for juniors and seniors- so the intended audience are students.
As a critic of this book, I judge that this book can be effective for all adults and adolescents. As I mentioned before, this book is a text book, so the author's purpose was to make the reader to understand and enrich them with lots of concepts and facts. Even though some of the book's point are ambiguous, most of the topics and themes are quite understand-able, and clear. At pg 67, he used lots of diagrams and illustrations about how the Mesopotamians made the irrigation agriculture be successful. According to this, the author utilized various and lots of illustration to help his points and theme to be clear. However, there were parts that is was ambiguous and confusing. For example, at page 32, while he was describing the difference between Homo-Sapiens and Homo- Erectus, he mentioned life styles of other primates. Besides this, the points were clear and it made the reader understand most of the context. So I believe that this book is beneficial to both adult and adolescent.
In conclusion, I think that this book is great book for the students to read and learn because it has historical facts and the process of how the human-being changed to civilians definitely. To give this book a grade, I will give a 95 out of
100. Even though the theme and points were mostly evident, some part was ambiguous. Since this is a text book, it gives a huge influence to the reader, so I reduced 5 points. As a whole, it is a great book and I think that most students should read it.
April 21, 2013
Read this textbook as part of a Cultural Anthropology course...the text was well written and supplies good examples of diverse world views to assist in capturing the foundational essence of this discipline...
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