What is a good book about anthropology for beginners?

one of the more popular books is The Naked Ape which should be 1 of the 1st books read.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780385334303&itm=1

Anthropology is such a broad field... but 2 of my personal favorite books are..

Speak - a short history of languages. Its a very small yet VERY interesting book. It talk specifically about different types of languages.. but also the anthropolgy of languages.. such as.. when humans 1st begane to speak.. how so many languages were developed .. languages upon animals..

another one of my favorites is: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. This book just came out a year or 2 ago and has top ratings. He speaks of what caused some of the great civilizations of the past to fall into ruin.. which could have been.. over population.. under population.. lack of communication skills ..too much food... deforestation.. disease.. drought .. its amazing

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780143036555&itm=3

both the barnes and nobles .. and amazon website have a used book section. in Barnes when you search for the book it also has "Used Copies Available
from our Authorized Sellers" and on amazon its:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0143036556/ref=pd_bbs_sr_olp_1/103-6123540-2281428?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182343679&sr=8-1

you can usually find the books in very good condition for just a few $ instead of the full cost of $15 - $25 for just 1 book

good luck

2007-06-20 01:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by nola_cajun 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋

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What is a good book about anthropology for beginners?

2015-08-10 03:43:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

I recommend:

Conrad Philip Kottak, Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity

and

John Relethford: The Human Species: An Introduction To Biological Anthropology

for starting.

They cover an extensive area of anthropological study between them. Great textbooks, great for beginners as well as people that want to actually read up on anthropological issues and research.

2007-06-20 01:45:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond is a good beginner's book; Diamond is an excellant and easy to easy to understand. Also it incorporates many of the branches of anthropology. Collapse, which was mentioned in a previous answer, is by the same author and is a "sequel" to the first.

2007-06-21 13:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Jamie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Anything by Carlos Castaneda. As far as text books this was a pretty informative text book : Cultural Anthropology by Nancy Bonvillain
So was this one even though this one covers theorist it very informative as well. Anthropological Theory by R. Jon McGee & Richard L. Warms

2007-06-22 07:09:04 · answer #6 · answered by Miss 6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Anthropology has two big sub-fields: physical anthropology and cultural anthropology.

They're very different. Which are you interested in?

2007-06-20 07:23:13 · answer #7 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Not sure about a text book, but I subscribe to National Geographic.

2007-06-20 08:20:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

The Turner Diaries is a good book about race relations.

2007-06-21 16:32:39 · answer #9 · answered by Barky 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋

What is a good book about anthropology for beginners?

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