This concise introduction to cultural anthropology offers a fresh and accessible approach to stimulating student interest in the human experience.

Preface to the Fourth Edition
PART I: Anthropology, Culture, and Ethnography
1. Evolution and the Critique of Race: A Short Story
2. Anthropology and Culture
3. Ethnography
PART II: Ethnology: Some Human Issues
4. History, Change, and Adaptation: On the Roots of Our World System
5. Sex, Power, and Inequality: On Gender
6. Work, Success, and Kids: On Marriage, Family, and Kinship
7. Knowledge, Belief, and Disbelief: On Religion
Afterword
Glossary
Bibliography and Suggested Readings
Index
About the Author