This text emphasizes the applicability of current anthropological research to understanding and improving present day human conditions. Selections from the four subfields of anthropology are included to show students that anthropology is about real people studying real solutions to real problems. Amongst the articles are: "Curse and a Blessing of the Ghetto" which looks at tay-Sachs, a contemporary health problem, and "A Reasonable Sleep" in which an anthropologist examines the phenomenon of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
- ISBN10 0874847893
- ISBN13 9780874847895
- Publish Date June 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 April 1992
- Publish Country US
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English