1: What is Anthropology?

2: Culture

3: Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

PART 2: Appreciating Cultural Diversity

4: Applying Anthropology

5: Language and Communication

6: Ethnicity and Race

7: Making a Living

8: Political Systems

9: Gender

10: Families, Kinship, and Descent

11: Marriage

12: Religion

13: Arts, Media, and Sports

PART 3: The Changing World

14: The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality

15: Anthropology’s Role in a Globalizing World

Glossary

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

About the Author

Conrad Kottak

Conrad Phillip Kottak (A.B. Columbia, 1963; Ph.D. Columbia, 1966) is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1968.  In 1991 he was honored for his teaching by the University and the state of Michigan.  In 1992 he received an excellence in teaching award from the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts of the University of Michigan.  Professor Kottak has done fieldwork in cultural anthropology in Brazil (since 1962), Madagascar (since 1966), and the United States. In current research projects, Kottak and his colleagues have investigated the emergence of ecological awareness in Brazil, the social context of deforestation in Madagascar, and popular participation in economic development planning in northeastern Brazil.