Inthepasttwentyyears,therehavebeenexcitingnewdevelopmentsinthefieldofanthropology.ThissecondeditionofBarnard’sclassictextbookonthehistoryandtheoryofanthropologyhasbeenrevisedandexpandedtoincludeup-to-datecoverageonallthemostimportanttopicsinthefield.Itscoveragerangesfromtraditionaltopicslikethebeginningsofthesubject,evolutionism,functionalism,structuralism,andMarxism,toideasaboutglobalization,post-colonialism,andnotionsof’race’andofbeing’indigenous’.Thereareseveralnewchapters,alongwithanextensiveglossary,index,datesofbirthanddeath,andaward-winningdiagrams.AlthoughanthropologyisoftendominatedbytrendsinEuropeandNorthAmerica,thiseditionmakesplainthecontributionsoftrendsettersintherestoftheworldtoo.Withitscomprehensiveyetclearcoverageofconcepts,thisisessentialreadingforanewgenerationofanthropologystudents.
RACE THEORY ANTHROPOLOGY INDEX POST HISTORY
