ISBN:
9781000870718
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Edition:
4th ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Human ecology
;
Social change
;
Ethnology
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Evolution and the Study of Human Origins and Behavior -- Part One: The Study of Human Origins -- The Human Evolutionary Legacy -- The Nature of Scientific Inquiry -- Part Two: Anthropology, Science, and the Study of Culture -- Holism -- Cultural Relativism -- The Role of Theory -- Aspects of Culture -- Culture Gives Meaning to Reality -- Culture Creates Gender -- Gender Socialization -- Gender and Work -- Gender and Power -- Culture Is Integrated -- Culture Is Adaptive -- Behavior and Learning -- Language, Biology, and Culture -- The Science of Anthropology -- Studying Cultural Behavior: Fieldwork, Data Collection, and Analysis -- Surviving in the Field -- Objectivity and Science in the Study of Behavior -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Bibliography -- 2 Anthropology, Human Ecology, and Politics -- Human Ecology -- The Nature of Ecological Systems -- The Components of the Ecosystem -- Population Ecology -- The Human Ecological Context -- Politics and Ecology -- Ecosystems and Adaptation -- Variation: Human Decisions and the Environment -- Adapting Through Innovation -- The Evolution of Procurement Systems -- Adapting to Environmental Challenges -- Adapting to Available Resources -- Adapting to Resource Fluctuation -- Political Ecology -- Access to Resources: Cooperation and Competition -- Environmental Uncertainty -- Politics and Access to Resources -- Gender, Politics, and Property -- Whose Cows Are They, Anyway? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Notes -- Suggested Readings -- Bibliography -- 3 Foraging -- The Organization of Energy -- Managing Resources -- Food as Energy -- Social Organization -- Economic Exchange: Reciprocity -- Power, Influence, and Social Control.
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