Anthropological Theory An Intrpb: An Introductory History - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442257024 ISBN 13: 9781442257023

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

Synopsis

The sixth edition of this market-leading introduction to anthropological theory offers 43 seminal essays from 1860 through the present day. Accessible introductions and commentary provide necessary background information and historical context of each article. This edition features a new timeline, recommended additional readings, and six new essays.

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Review:

McGee and Warms have definitively established themselves as the benchmark for readers in the history of anthropological theory. Their selection of readings is intelligent and comprehensive, and they carefully maintain a balance between classic sources and contemporary writers. They deserve the highest praise for demonstrating to students that primary sources are interesting, indeed inspiring, and for carefully placing them in historical context.--Robert Launay, Northwestern University

This is an excellent introduction: one that gives essential historical depth to crucial theoretical debates.--David Shankland, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

Anthropological Theory is an impressive work dealing, as promised, with both the theory and the history behind the development of anthropological ideas. The sixth edition contains both a wide-ranging collection of important articles and well-researched and significant introductions and annotations. I don't know of any better introduction to the history of anthropology.--Herbert S. Lewis, University of Wisconsin-Madison

About the Author:

R. Jon McGee is professor of anthropology at Texas State University. He is author or editor of numerous books, including Watching Lacandan Maya Lives, Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology: An Encyclopedia (edited with Richard L. Warms), and Sacred Realms: Readings in the Anthropology of Religion (co-edited with Warms and James Garber), now in its second edition. Richard L. Warms is professor of anthropology at Texas State University. In addition to his books with McGee, he has co-authored (with Serena Nanda) the best-selling textbooks Cultural Anthropology, now in its eleventh edition, and Culture Counts, now in its third edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1442257024
• ISBN 13: 9781442257023
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 784
• Editor: McGee R. Jon, Warms Richard L.