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If youre wondering why you should buy this new edition of Cultural Anthropology, here are 6 good reasons!

1. New section on Language and Globalization in .

2. New section on White Privilege in .

3. Expanded discussion in covering warfare and state societies, including current issues in the Middle East.

4. Expanded discussions of the revitalization movements and the role of Moses as a religious leader in .

5. New section in on World Systems Theory.

6. Several new sections in , including: Indians of the Brazilian Savanna; Uncontacted Tribes of the Amazon; Conservation, Ecotourism, and Indigenous Peoples; and Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples.

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Cultural Anthropology, Third Edition, is intended to introduce students to the concepts and methods that anthropologists bring to the study of cross-cultural diversity. It focuses on understanding how cultural practices and beliefs develop, how they are integrated, and how they change. The goal of this book is consistent with one of the goals of most anthropology teachers, to excite students about the world in which we all live. Although much in peoples behaviors and attitudes differs throughout the world, much also unites us. The book therefore provides a global view of humanitys many facets. It takes a traditional approach in chapter organization, focusing on various aspects of societal organization and expression. It also makes central the role of cultural change, processes of adaptation and transformation that are integral to all societies. In addition to learning about other peoples, anthropology as a discipline and a framework of analysis has the potential to help students appreciate the cultural patterns underlying their own behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes. This book attempts to present the voices of the peoples who anthropologists often study. Through these voices, and through analyses of indigenous and marginalized people today, students may come to understand the global processes that affect us all.

An important feature distinguishing this text is its thorough focus on culture change, derived both from internal processes of adaptation and innovation as well as from external forces through contact with other peoples. The context of contact is critical, of course. In some cases, contact is friendly and benign, each group exchanging ideas, practices, and material goods as equals. In other cases, contact occurs between groups that are unequal in their power and ability to control their own lives and exert control over others. In focusing on change, this text highlights the notion that the societies and cultures that people develop are dynamic systems, adapted to new situations and invigorated by new ideas.