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Horowitz, Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala, Roger Lewin, Anne

Nacey Maggioncalda, Charles C. Mann, Jonathan Marks, Sir

Robert May, Anna Roosevelt, Robert M. Sapolsky, Sherry

Simpson, Meredith F. Small, Karen Springen, William Ury,

and Jane C. Waldbaum, Among these individuals we par-

ticularly want to acknowledge our admiration, affection,

and appreciation for our mutual friend and colleague Jim

Petersen, whose life came to an abrupt and tragic end while

returning from fieldwork in the Brazilian Amazon. Jim’s

work is featured in one of the pieces by Charles C. Mann.

We have debts of gratitude to office workers in our

departments for their cheerful help in clerical matters:

Debbie Hedrick, Karen Rundquist, Emira Smailagic, Ka-

tie Weaver, and Sheri Youngberg. And to research librar-

ian extraordinaire Nancy Bianchi and colleagues Yvette

Pigeon, Paula Duncan, Lajiri Van Ness-Otunnu, and Mi-

chael Wesch for engaging in lively discussions of anthro-

pological and pedagogical approaches. Also worthy of

note here are the introductory anthropology teaching as-

sistants who, through the years, have shed light for us on

effective ways to reach new generations of students.

Our thanksgiving inventory would be incomplete

without mentioning individuals at Wadsworth Publish-

ing who helped conceive this text and bring it to fruition.

Special gratitude goes to acquisitions editor Erin Mitchell

and to senior development editor Lin Marshall Gaylord

for her vision, vigor, and anthropological knowledge. Our

thanks also go out to Wadsworth’s skilled and enthusiastic

editorial, marketing, design, and production team: An-

drew Keay (marketing manager), Melanie Cregger (media

editor), Pamela Simon (editorial assistant), Rachel Krapf

(assistant editor), as well as Jerilyn Emori (content project

manager) and Caryl Gorska (art director).

In addition to all of the above, we have had the in-

valuable aid of several most able freelancers, including

our photo researchers Billie Porter and Susan Krapov,

who were always willing to go the extra mile to find the

most telling and compelling photographs, and our skilled

graphic designer Lisa Buckley. We are especially thank-

ful to have had the opportunity to work once again with

I

n this day and age, no textbook comes to fruition with-

out extensive collaboration. Beyond the shared endeav-

ors of our author team, this book owes its completion to

a wide range of individuals, from colleagues in the disci-

pline to those involved in the production process. We are

particularly grateful for the comments received through

an electronic survey as well as the remarkable group of

manuscript reviewers listed below. They provided unusu-

ally detailed and thoughtful feedback that helped us to

hone and re-hone our narrative.

Stewart Brewer, Dana College

Kendall Campbell, Washington State University

Jennifer Coe, Jamestown Community College

Julie David, Orange Coast College and California

Baptist University

Rene M. Descartes, State University of New York at

Cobleskill

Sylvia Grider, Texas A&M University

Susan H. Krook, Normandale Community College

Barbara J. Michael, University of North Carolina

Wilmington

Renee B. Walker, SUNY College at Oneonta

Linda F. Whitmer, Hope International University

Holly E. Yatros, Oakland Community College and

Macomb Community College

We carefully considered and made use of the wide range

of comments provided by these individuals. Our deci-

sions on how to utilize their suggestions were influenced

by our own perspectives on anthropology and teaching,

combined with the priorities and page limits of this text.

Neither our reviewers nor any of the other anthropologists

mentioned here should be held responsible for any short-

comings in this book. They should, however, be credited

as contributors to many of the book’s strengths.

Thanks, too, go to colleagues who provided material

for some of the Original Study, Biocultural Connection,

and Anthropology Applied boxes in this text: John Crock,

Katherine Dettwyler, Frans B. M. de Waal, Anabel Ford,

Michele Goldsmith, Donna Hart, John Hawks, Michael M.

Acknowledgments

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