The most successful new textbook in a generation, Ken Guest’s text shows students that now, more than ever, global forces affect local culture. Students learn that the tools of cultural anthropology are relevant to their life in our globalized world. The NEW InQuizitive course helps students focus their reading, master the basics, and come to class prepared.

Brief and affordable, Bailey and Peoples' ESSENTIALS OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, International Edition provides a practical option for instructors who wish to use a core text along with supplemental materials such as readers and ethnographies. This text offers the same rich characteristics that have made the author team's more comprehensive text so successful over the years: strong scholarship, rich ethnographic examples, and a unique focus on modern ethnicity and the survival of indigenous peoples.