Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Reader - Softcover

Podolefsky, Aaron; Brown, Peter; Lacy, Scott

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9780078117046: Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Reader

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ISBN 10: 0078117046 ISBN 13: 9780078117046

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

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Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Reader is a collection of articles that provides compelling examples of applied research in all four fields of anthropology. In this age of globalization and increased cultural intolerance, the basic messages of public anthropology are more important than ever. The tenth edition offers 11 new readings and a new chart at the beginning of the text to help instructors and students locate key themes and topics.

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Aaron Podolefsky is Provost and Vice President for Academic at the University of Northern Iowa, where he also served eight years as Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and also holds degrees in Liberal Studies and Mathematics. He has authored books on law in Papua New Guinea and crime prevention in urban America. Peter J. Brown is a Professor of Anthropology at Emory University, where he also holds a faculty position in the Rollins School of Public Health. He is currently director of Emory's Center for the Study of Health, Culture and Society. He has served as an officer in the Society for Medical Anthropology and was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Medical Anthropology for nine years. He has done research on a variety of topics, including malaria, tuberculosis, obesity, Alzheimer's disease, male gender and health, and the history of international health policy. He has been the recipient of three teaching awards. He has co-edited The Anthropology of Infectious Disease (with Marcia Inhorn) as well as the textbooks Applying Anthropology (sixth edition) and Applying Cultural Anthropology (fifth edition) (both with Aaron Podolefsky. Scott M. Lacy joined Podolefsky and Brown on the ninth and tenth editions of Applying Anthropology. Lacy is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Fairfield University. He is also the founder and executive director of AfricanSky.Org, a social-profit organization that fosters community-based collaborations with rural farmers and technology experts in rural Mali.

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