Explore and understand the key ideas and movements in anthropology - the study of human
societies and cultures and how they work. What does it mean to be human? Why do we have
rituals? How do family structures differ around the world and why? The Anthropology Book
answers questions like these and many many more. Applying the "Big Ideas" series' combination
of authoritative accessible text and bold graphics The Anthropology Book introduces key
concepts from different branches of the subject such as cultural anthropology ethnography
and biological anthropology and explains how they have developed over the past century. The
book explores the origins of human life and cultures and how societies develop traditions
laws and languages. Profiling renowned anthropologists such as Claude Lévi-Strauss and
Margaret Mead and covering topics as diverse as biology medicine war sexuality family
roles and kinship The Anthropology Book is a fascinating accessible introduction to the core
principles of anthropological thought.
