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.

• PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?  2 CULTURE  3 APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY4 DOING ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY  5 EVOLUTION AND GENETICS  6 HUMAN VARIATION AND ADAPTATION  7 THE PRIMATES  8 EARLY HOMININS  9 THE GENUS HOMO  10 THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS  11 THE FIRST FARMERS  12 THE FIRST CITIES AND STATES  PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY13 METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY  14 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION  15 ETHNICITY AND RACE  16 MAKING A LIVING  17 POLITICAL SYSTEMS  18 GENDER  19 FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT  20 MARRIAGE  21 RELIGION  22 ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS  PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD23 THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY  24 ANTHROPOLOGY’S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD  Glossary  Bibliography  Name Index Subject Index

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.

• PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?  2 CULTURE  3 APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY4 DOING ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY  5 EVOLUTION AND GENETICS  6 HUMAN VARIATION AND ADAPTATION  7 THE PRIMATES  8 EARLY HOMININS  9 THE GENUS HOMO  10 THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS  11 THE FIRST FARMERS  12 THE FIRST CITIES AND STATES  PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY13 METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY  14 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION  15 ETHNICITY AND RACE  16 MAKING A LIVING  17 POLITICAL SYSTEMS  18 GENDER  19 FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT  20 MARRIAGE  21 RELIGION  22 ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS  PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD23 THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY  24 ANTHROPOLOGY’S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD  Glossary  Bibliography  Name Index Subject Index

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.

• PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY1 WHAT IS ANTHROPOLOGY?  2 CULTURE  3 APPLYING ANTHROPOLOGY PART 2 BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY4 DOING ARCHAEOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY  5 EVOLUTION AND GENETICS  6 HUMAN VARIATION AND ADAPTATION  7 THE PRIMATES  8 EARLY HOMININS  9 THE GENUS HOMO  10 THE ORIGIN AND SPREAD OF MODERN HUMANS  11 THE FIRST FARMERS  12 THE FIRST CITIES AND STATES  PART 3 APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY13 METHOD AND THEORY IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY  14 LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION  15 ETHNICITY AND RACE  16 MAKING A LIVING  17 POLITICAL SYSTEMS  18 GENDER  19 FAMILIES, KINSHIP, AND DESCENT  20 MARRIAGE  21 RELIGION  22 ARTS, MEDIA, AND SPORTS  PART 4 THE CHANGING WORLD23 THE WORLD SYSTEM, COLONIALISM, AND INEQUALITY  24 ANTHROPOLOGY’S ROLE IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD  Glossary  Bibliography  Name Index Subject Index