This guide looks into the world of anthropology and its related sciences, including cultural and social anthropology as well as archaeology. It covers the essential areas of the field: its history, world cultures and the history of different peoples, and the study of the discipline around the world through urban, medical, and applied anthropology.

chapter 1. History of anthropology -- chapter 2. The major branches of anthropology -- chapter 3. World anthropology -- chapter 4. Special fields of anthropology.