Cultural Anthropology

Noted for its expert scholarship and clarity of writing style, this comprehensive text offers a balanced introduction to cultural anthropology. the special theme of this edition is Preserving Cultural Diversity in the Face of Globalization. Kottak's sixth edition reflects world changes through a revision in both organization and content. Special features include two new chapters covering the demise of the Soviet Union and its attendant ethnic conflicts, the growing significance of multiculturalism in the United States, Canada and cultural survival worldwide, and anthropology's increasingly transnational, multilocal, and longitudinal perspectives. Available for the first time with the sixth edition is a new ethnograph case studies book written by Dr. Holly Peters-Golden.