This book offers a critical overview of how anthropology-with its emphasis on studying local communities-has contributed to our understanding of globalization, the primary process impacting members of societies in every nation in the world.


* Provides a comprehensive, analytical overview that helps readers to learn how to ask critical questions about what they observe

* Addresses a breadth of topics and populations, thereby providing a complete picture of globalization that encompasses everything from finance to art and migrants

* Presents a historical perspective that includes content on the precursors to and onset of globalization as well as the evolution of anthropological theory