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Evolution and Prehistory: The Human Challenge 9th Edition
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- ISBN-100495812196
- ISBN-13978-0495812197
- Edition9th
- PublisherWadsworth Publishing
- Publication dateMarch 5, 2010
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches
- Print length400 pages
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Dana Walrath, an award-winning writer, artist and anthropologist, is a faculty member of University of Vermont's College of Medicine. After earning her PhD in medical and biological anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, she taught there and at Temple University. Dr. Walrath broke new ground in paleoanthropology through her work on the evolution of human childbirth. She has also written on a wide range of topics related to gender in paleoanthropology, the social production of sickness and health, sex differences, genetics, and evolutionary medicine. Her work has appeared in edited volumes and in journals such as Current Anthropology, American Anthropologist, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, and Anthropology Now. Her books include Aliceheimer's, a graphic memoir, and Like Water on Stone, a verse novel. She developed a novel curriculum in medical education at the University of Vermont's College of Medicine that brings humanism, anthropological theory and practice, narrative medicine, and professional skills to first-year medical students. She has an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has exhibited her artwork in North America and Europe. Her recent work in the field of graphic medicine combines anthropology with memoir and visual art. Spanning a variety of disciplines, her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Templeton Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Vermont Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. She spent 2012-2013 as a Fulbright Scholar at the American University of Armenia and the Institute of Ethnography and Archaeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. She is working on a second graphic memoir that combines her Aliceheimer's work with her fieldwork on aging and memory in Armenia.
Harald E.L. Prins is a University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Kansas State University (KSU). Academically trained at half a dozen Dutch and U.S. universities, he came to the U.S. as a List Fellow at the New School for Social Research in New York City. He has taught at Radboud University (Netherlands), as well as Bowdoin College and Colby College in Maine, and as a visiting professor at the University of Lund, Sweden. He has received numerous honors for his teaching, including the Conoco Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching in 1993, Presidential Award in 1999, Coffman Chair of Distinguished Teaching Scholars in 2004, Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year for Kansas in 2006, and the AAA/Oxford University Press Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology in 2010. His fieldwork focuses on indigenous peoples in the Western Hemisphere, and he has long served as an advocacy anthropologist on land claims and other native rights. In that capacity, Dr. Prins has been a lead expert witness in both the U.S. Senate and Canadian federal courts. He has refereed for 40 academic book publishers and journals. His own numerous academic publications appear in nine languages, with books including The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation, and Cultural Survival (Margaret Mead Award finalist). Also trained in filmmaking, he served as president of the Society for Visual Anthropology, and has coproduced award-winning documentaries. He has been the visual anthropology editor of American Anthropologist, co-principal investigator for the U.S. National Park Service, international observer in Paraguay's presidential elections, and a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Carol Ann (Bunny) McBride is an award-winning author specializing in cultural anthropology, indigenous peoples, international tourism, and nature conservation issues. Published in dozens of national and international print media, she has reported from Africa, Europe, China, and the Indian Ocean. With an MA from Columbia University, she is highly rated as a teacher and has taught at the Salt Institute for Documentary Field Studies and as visiting anthropology faculty at Principia College. Since 1996, she has been an adjunct lecturer of anthropology at Kansas State University. Her many publication credits include the books Women of the Dawn, Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in Paris, and Our Lives in Our Hands: Micmac Indian Basketmakers; chapters in multiple books; and several co-authored books, including Indians in Eden and The Audubon Field Guide to African Wildlife. Working on a range of issues and projects with Maine Indian tribes since 1981, McBride received a commendation from the Maine state legislature for her research and writing on the history of Native women. Boston Globe Sunday Magazine featured a profile about her, and Maine Public Television made a documentary about her work on Molly Spotted Elk. Recently, she served as investigator for a National Park Service ethnography project and curated several museum exhibits. Her exhibit, "Indians & Rusticators," received a Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History (2012). She currently serves as president of the Women's World Summit Foundation based in Switzerland, and is wrapping up two books (with co-author Harald Prins): From Indian Island to Omaha Beach: Charles Norman Shay, Penobscot Indian War Hero; and Native Americans in Seacoast Maine: A Natural and Cultural History of Mount Desert Island.
Product details
- Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing; 9th edition (March 5, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 400 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0495812196
- ISBN-13 : 978-0495812197
- Item Weight : 1.8 pounds
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #5,073,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,618 in Physical Anthropology (Books)
- #6,874 in Anthropology (Books)
- #9,590 in General Anthropology
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Dr. William A. Haviland is Professor Emeritus at the University of Vermont, where he founded the Department of Anthropology and taught for thirty-two years. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. He has carried out original research in archaeology in Guatemala and Vermont, ethnography in Maine and Vermont, and physical anthropology in Guatemala. This work has been the basis of numerous publications in various national and international books and journals, as well as in media intended for the general public. His books include CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: THE HUMAN CHALLENGE, 13th ed. and EVOLUTION AND PREHISTORY: THE HUMAN CHALLENGE, 9th ed. (both Wadsworth, 2010), co-authored with Harald E.L. Prins, Bunny McBride, and Dana Walrath, THE ORIGINAL VERMONTERS: NATIVE INHABITANTS, PAST AND PRESENT (UPNE, 1994), co-authored with Marjorie Power, and a technical monograph on ancient Maya settlement. He also served as consultant for the award-winning telecourse, Faces of Culture, and is co-editor of the series Tikal Reports, published by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Besides his teaching and writing, Dr. Haviland has lectured to numerous professional as well as non-professional audiences in Canada, Mexico, Lesotho, South Africa, and Spain, as well as in the United States. A staunch supporter of indigenous rights, he served as expert witness for the Missisquoi Abenakis of Vermont in an important court case over aboriginal fishing rights. Awards received by Dr. Haviland include being named University Scholar by the Graduate School of the University of Vermont in 1990; a Certificate of Appreciation from the Sovereign Republic of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, St. Francis/Sokoki Band in 1996; and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for Research on Vermont in 2006. Now retired from teaching, he continues his research, writing, and lecturing from the coast of Maine. His most recent books are is AT THE PLACE OF THE LOBSTERS AND CRABS: INDIAN PEOPLE AND DEER ISLE MAINE, 1605-2005 (Polar Bear & Company, 2009) and CANOE INDIANS OF DOWN EAST MAINE (The History Press 2012).
Bunny McBride is an award-winning author specializing in cultural anthropology, indigenous peoples, international tourism and nature conservation issues. Published in dozens of national and international print media, she has reported from Africa, Europe, China and the Indian Ocean, as well as North America.
McBride's publication credits include the books "When Wings Become Sound;" "By the Light of the Moon: Reflections on Wholeness of Being," "Women of the Dawn," "Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in Paris," and "Our Lives in Our Hands: Micmac Indian Basketmakers;" chapters in multiple books; and several co-authored books, including "Indians in Eden," "The Audubon Field Guide to African Wildlife," "From Indian Island to Omaha Beach: The D-Day Story of Charles Norman Shay, Penobscot Indian War Hero" and numerous editions of two textbooks -- "Cultural Anthropology, the Human Challenge" and "The Essence of Anthropology."
With an MA from Columbia University, McBride became an adjunct lecturer of anthropology at Kansas State University in 1996 and has also taught at the Salt Institute for Documentary Field Studies in Portland, Maine, and numerous terms as visiting anthropology faculty at Principia College in Illinois.
Working on a range of issues and projects with Maine Indian tribes since 1981, McBride received a commendation from the Maine state legislature for her research and writing on the history of Native women. Boston Globe Sunday Magazine featured a profile about her, and Maine Public Television made a documentary about her work on Molly Spotted Elk. She served as co-investigator for a National Park Service ethnography project ("Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island 1500-2000" -- available in hard copy through Amazon and also free online through NPS) and curated several museum exhibits, including "Journeys West: The David & Peggy Rockefeller American Indian Art Collection." Her exhibit, "Indians & Rusticators," received a Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History (2012).
For a dozen years (2004-2016) Bunny McBride served on the board of the Women's World Summit Foundation based in Switzerland, including 3 years as president.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit bunnymcbride.com
Harald E. L. Prins is a Dutch anthropologist (1951- ) who taught at Bowdoin and Colby colleges, and is now a Distinguished Professor at Kansas State University. A multiple award-winning scholar and native rights activist, he has done extensive fieldwork among Mi'kmaq and other tribes in North and South America. His documentary film credits include "Our Lives in Our Hands" and "Oh! What a Blow that Phantom Gave Me." Having published books and articles in seven languages, he authored or co-authored several books, including "The Mi'kmaq: Resistance, Accommodation, and Cultural Survival," "Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge," "Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanaki Peoples at Mount Desert Island 1500-2000," and "Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine's Mt. Desert Island, 1840s - 1920s." For his research and guest lecturing, he travels across the globe, but loves returning to his wife Bunny McBride and their intrepid cats Mick & Mack with whom they share their cedar-wood and limestone home tucked away in an oak-forested valley teeming with wildlife and bordering a large lake in the beautiful Flint Hills.
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