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.

• Chapter 1 - What Is Anthropology?    Chapter 2 - Culture    Chapter 3 - Doing Anthropology   Chapter 4 - Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation   Chapter 5 - The Primates    Chapter 6 - Early Hominins    Chapter 7 - The Genus Homo   Chapter 8 - The First Farmers    Chapter 9 - The First Cities and States    Chapter 10 - Language and Communication    Chapter 11 - Making a Living    Chapter 12 - Political Systems    Chapter 13 - Families, Kinship, and Marriage    Chapter 14 – Gender Chapter 15 - Religion    Chapter 16 - Ethnicity and Race    Chapter 17 - Applying Anthropology    Chapter 18 - The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality    Chapter 19 – Anthropology’s Role in a Globalizing World    Glossary    Bibliography 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.

• Chapter 1 - What Is Anthropology?    Chapter 2 - Culture    Chapter 3 - Doing Anthropology   Chapter 4 - Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation   Chapter 5 - The Primates    Chapter 6 - Early Hominins    Chapter 7 - The Genus Homo   Chapter 8 - The First Farmers    Chapter 9 - The First Cities and States    Chapter 10 - Language and Communication    Chapter 11 - Making a Living    Chapter 12 - Political Systems    Chapter 13 - Families, Kinship, and Marriage    Chapter 14 – Gender Chapter 15 - Religion    Chapter 16 - Ethnicity and Race    Chapter 17 - Applying Anthropology    Chapter 18 - The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality    Chapter 19 – Anthropology’s Role in a Globalizing World    Glossary    Bibliography 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.

• Chapter 1 - What Is Anthropology?    Chapter 2 - Culture    Chapter 3 - Doing Anthropology   Chapter 4 - Evolution, Genetics, and Human Variation   Chapter 5 - The Primates    Chapter 6 - Early Hominins    Chapter 7 - The Genus Homo   Chapter 8 - The First Farmers    Chapter 9 - The First Cities and States    Chapter 10 - Language and Communication    Chapter 11 - Making a Living    Chapter 12 - Political Systems    Chapter 13 - Families, Kinship, and Marriage    Chapter 14 – Gender Chapter 15 - Religion    Chapter 16 - Ethnicity and Race    Chapter 17 - Applying Anthropology    Chapter 18 - The World System, Colonialism, and Inequality    Chapter 19 – Anthropology’s Role in a Globalizing World    Glossary    Bibliography Index