Table of Contents

Previous edition TOC Preface About the Author List of Boxes Chapter 1: Anthropology and Its Applications Chapter 2: Ethics and Methods Chapter 3: Culture Chapter 4: Ethnicity and Race Chapter 5: Language and Communication Chapter 6: Making a Living Chapter 7: Political Systems Chapter 8: Families, Kinship, and Marriage Chapter 9:Gender Chapter 10: Religion Chapter 11: The Modern World System Chapter 12: Colonialism and Development Chapter 13: Cultural Exchange and Survival Glossary Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

About the Author

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.