Introducing Anthropology: What Makes Us Human? Paperback – 28 Aug. 2015

This is a very modern text book - lots of use of pictures and colour layout to draw your attention to the informative content. Also, unlike those tomes you get for Master's level courses, its not huge in size and intimidating - the size of the book is just right and bag friendly.What comes across from the authors is their enthusiasm for the subject - they make anthropology sound great and look attractive as a subject so if you are trying to get your pre-A Level teenager interested in what they might want to do at University this is helpful.The other thing the book does is show just how broad anthropology can be - looking at gender, identity, the body, globalisation, culture etc., - so it can build more deeply on familiar subjects that are part of the GCSE and A levels previously.Each chapter ends with references for further enquiry via websites, books or films. Research methods are also given an overview but one of the best parts about this book is the 'Applied Anthropology' chapter and shows the prospective student where their study of the subject might take them career wise or in the world itself (travel). You get a real sense of the skills you will gain as an anthropologist and how they transfer into the world and enhance your life.Anthropologists figure highly at the moment in our topsy-turvy world. David Graeber's 'Debt: The First 5000 Years' is a ground breaking book it turns out on the creation of money; Gillian Tett's co-editorship of the Financial Times in my view adds awareness of the human consequences of the actions of the financial sector sorely needed as it is.There is also a glossary of terms and whole list of further reading about the subject at the end of the book, but never seems overwhelming.Even if your teenager does not want to study anthropology, you will be left with a really good book to read yourself!Highly recommended!

Has good anthropological knowledge but I found it easiest to look at my class powerpoints when it came to revision and answering questions because the book itself added so much information and more examples than what I (agreed with by my class) actually needed. However if this is just bought out of general interest for anthropology then I would recommend.

Great introduction. Very informative and love the recommendations for further reading/documentaries after each chapter.

Great for newbies and students!

Probably the best introduction to the subject of Anthropology to date.

Just what I needed for teachin

This book by Laura Pountney & Tomislav Maric is an exciting, intellectually stimulating and accessible guide to anthropology.There are 14 chapter titled 'What Makes Us Human?'; 'The Body'; 'Ways of Thinking and Communicating'; 'Organizing Social Relations'; 'Engaging With Nature'; 'Personhood'; 'Identity'; 'Ritual'; 'Gender'; 'Boundaries'; 'Globalization'; 'The Role of Material Culture'; 'Research Methods' & 'Applied Anthropology'.Each chapter has a further reading list and the book concludes with a useful glossary of anthropological terms used in the text.This fascinating book is recommended to students and also the general reader curious to discover what anthropology is all about.

perfectooooo!!!!