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Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System, Seventh Edition

John H. Bodley

Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System, Seventh Edition, provides balanced coverage of three dramatically different cultural worlds by focusing on problems of social inequality, human well-being, social justice, and sustainability. Author John Bodley challenges students to consider “big questions” about the nature of cultural systems: How are cultures structured to satisfy basic human needs? What is it like to be human under different cultural conditions? Are DNA, language, and environment determinants of culture? Are materialist explanations more useful than ideological ones? What are the major turning points in human history? Scale and power remains the primary theoretical framework, but cultural evolutionary perspectives have been expanded.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

Chapter Two now includes a new section discussing evolutionary cultural anthropology, a new box that updates the archaeological, biological anthropology, and genetic material on anatomically modern humans, and a discussion of the connection between evolutionary anthropology and the moral domains and values that support social cooperation.

Chapter Six has new sections on soul beliefs and shamanism, wealth and well-being, and findings from the long-running Tsimane health project in the Bolivian Amazon. The section on the “mental abilities of tribal peoples” is revised to read “cognitive abilities” and a new discussion of working memory as a defining feature of fully modern humans is included.

Chapter Seven includes a new box presenting some of the latest genetic, linguistic, and paleoclimate findings related to the colonization of the Pacific.

Chapter Ten adds a new section on demographic-structural and cultural evolutionary theory on the rise and fall of politically centralized societies using the Seshat Global History Databank.

Chapter Thirteen adds a new section “A Cascade of Unsustainability Warnings” on the very alarming back to back IPCC special report on the dangers of global warming exceeding 1.5^oC, published in fall 2018, and the spring 2019 IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

Chapter Fourteen adds two new sections, the first questioning whether capitalism itself can be sustainable, the second considering the alternatives for adapting to climate change.

Ancillary materials for both instructors and students are written by the author and include an instructor’s manual, test bank, presentation slides, and an open-access companion website.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 544 • Trim: 7 x 10

978-1-5381-2790-2 • Paperback • December 2019 • $96.00 • (£74.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural

Courses: Anthropology; Cultural & Social; Social

Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System, Seventh Edition

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Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System, Seventh Edition, provides balanced coverage of three dramatically different cultural worlds by focusing on problems of social inequality, human well-being, social justice, and sustainability. Author John Bodley challenges students to consider “big questions” about the nature of cultural systems: How are cultures structured to satisfy basic human needs? What is it like to be human under different cultural conditions? Are DNA, language, and environment determinants of culture? Are materialist explanations more useful than ideological ones? What are the major turning points in human history? Scale and power remains the primary theoretical framework, but cultural evolutionary perspectives have been expanded.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

Chapter Two now includes a new section discussing evolutionary cultural anthropology, a new box that updates the archaeological, biological anthropology, and genetic material on anatomically modern humans, and a discussion of the connection between evolutionary anthropology and the moral domains and values that support social cooperation.

Chapter Six has new sections on soul beliefs and shamanism, wealth and well-being, and findings from the long-running Tsimane health project in the Bolivian Amazon. The section on the “mental abilities of tribal peoples” is revised to read “cognitive abilities” and a new discussion of working memory as a defining feature of fully modern humans is included.

Chapter Seven includes a new box presenting some of the latest genetic, linguistic, and paleoclimate findings related to the colonization of the Pacific.

Chapter Ten adds a new section on demographic-structural and cultural evolutionary theory on the rise and fall of politically centralized societies using the Seshat Global History Databank.

Chapter Thirteen adds a new section “A Cascade of Unsustainability Warnings” on the very alarming back to back IPCC special report on the dangers of global warming exceeding 1.5^oC, published in fall 2018, and the spring 2019 IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

Chapter Fourteen adds two new sections, the first questioning whether capitalism itself can be sustainable, the second considering the alternatives for adapting to climate change.

Ancillary materials for both instructors and students are written by the author and include an instructor’s manual, test bank, presentation slides, and an open-access companion website.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 544 • Trim: 7 x 10

978-1-5381-2790-2 • Paperback • December 2019 • $96.00 • (£74.00)

Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural

Courses: Anthropology; Cultural & Social; Social

Author

John H. Bodley (MA, PhD 1970, University of Oregon) is Regents Professor Emeritus at Washington State University, where he taught from 1970 to 2013. His research interests include indigenous peoples, cultural ecology, and contemporary issues with an emphasis on complexity, scale, and power.

Table of Contents

Part I Introduction
1. Adventures in the Field: Episode One
2. Culture: A Scale & Power Perspective

Part II. The Tribal World: Before the State
3. Australian Aborigines: Mobile Foragers for 50,000 Years
4. Native Amazonians: Villagers of the Rain Forest
5. African Cattle Peoples: Tribal Pastoralists
6. Tribal World Mind, Body, and Sour: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Part III. The Imperial World States: The End of Equality
7. Pacific Islanders: From Leaders to Rulers
8. Ancient Empires: Elite Power in Mesopotamia and the Andes
9. Asian Great Traditions: Ideological Foundations
10. Scale Limits: The Breakdown of States

Part IV. The Commercial Global System
11. Europe and the Commercial World
12. American Plutocracy: Capitalism in the United States

Part V. Conclusions
13. An Unsustainable and Impoverished World
14. Envisioning a Sustainable World

Features

NEW TO THIS EDITION

Chapter Two now includes a new section discussing evolutionary cultural anthropology, a new box that updates the archaeological, biological anthropology, and genetic material on anatomically modern humans, and a discussion of the connection between evolutionary anthropology and the moral domains and values that support social cooperation.

Chapter Six has new sections on soul beliefs and shamanism, wealth and well-being, and findings from the long-running Tsimane health project in the Bolivian Amazon. The section on the “mental abilities of tribal peoples” is revised to read “cognitive abilities” and a new discussion of working memory as a defining feature of fully modern humans is included.

Chapter Seven includes a new box presenting some of the latest genetic, linguistic, and paleoclimate findings related to the colonization of the Pacific.

Chapter Ten adds a new section on demographic-structural and cultural evolutionary theory on the rise and fall of politically centralized societies using the Seshat Global History Databank.

Chapter Thirteen adds a new section “A Cascade of Unsustainability Warnings” on the very alarming back to back IPCC special report on the dangers of global warming exceeding 1.5^oC, published in fall 2018, and the spring 2019 IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

Chapter Fourteen adds two new sections, the first questioning whether capitalism itself can be sustainable, the second considering the alternatives for adapting to climate change.

Cultural Anthropology, Seventh Edition is accompanied by a learning package, written by the author, designed to enhance the experience of both instructors and students.

Instructor’s Manual. This valuable resource provides chronological and topical outlines, a sample syllabus, lists of illustrations, and chapter-by-chapter summaries, learning objectives, glossary terms, special vocabulary, and web resources.

Test Bank. The test bank includes chapter-by-chapter multiple choice, matching, and essay/discussion questions. It also includes sample midterm and final-exam questions.

Presentation Slides. The presentation slides provide the tables and figures from the text.

Companion Website. Accompanying the text is an open-access website designed to reinforce the main topics. For each chapter, flash cards and additional activities help students master the information they learn in the classroom. Students can access the companion website from their computer or mobile device.

Resources

FOR STUDENTS
Accompanying the text is an open-access Companion Website designed to reinforce the main topics and help you master key vocabulary and concepts through flashcards and self-graded quizzes.
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Instructor's Manual. For each chapter, this valuable resource provides a variety of tools such as lecture outlines, student learning objectives, discussion questions, and other resources to simplify classroom preparation.

Test Bank. The Test Bank includes a variety of test questions and is available in either Word or PDF formats. For every chapter in the text, the Test Bank includes a complete test with a variety of question types, including multiple choice, true false, and essay formats.

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Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System, Seventh Edition

John H. Bodley

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