Anthropology Unbound: A Field Guide to the 21st Century: A Field Guide to the Twenty-First Century - Softcover

"Anthropology Unbound is excellent and unique. The book's strength is its particular approach with an emphasis on matters of economics, social classes, and inequalities. I would recommend this text for its focus on getting us all to think more about these vital issues, and the ways that their discussions are backed up with evidence and examples."--Beverly Bennett, Wright College

"The book's approach is one based upon very laudable ideals, seeking to empower students with a more critical view of our species and the role that anthropology can play in dealing with contemporary social, economic, and political challenges at both the global and local level."--Bruce D. Roberts, Minnesota State University-Moorhead

"The text is an incisive and coherent argument for the usefulness of thinking about culture change in terms of comparative systemic relationships engaging economic and ecological processes. The approach is powerful and coherent. I'd recommend it for its incisive focus on social class and making ethnography speak to conditions shaped by global processes."--William H. Fisher, College of William and Mary

Anthropology Unbound: A Field Guide to the 21st Century, Third Edition, demonstrates how viewing the world through an anthropological lens enhances our understanding of current topics like globalization, the new economy, jobs and careers, world trade, the condition of inner cities, and racial and ethnic relations. It makes anthropology accessible and even fun, with examples from "driving the porcelain bus" as an illustration of negative utility to reading the tags on a classmate's shirt as a way to discuss why it was made in another country.

Brief, accessible, and affordable, this updated edition offers a new user-friendly layout that includes fresh photos and multiple sidebars introducing new voices from anthropologists in the corporate world, the military, and more. It concludes with multifaceted opportunities for students to put anthropology to work both inside and outside of academia.
New to This Edition

* New sidebars contributed by various scholars
* A new chapter on applied anthropology
* New material on current issues throughout