Designed to provide a concise introduction to cultural anthropology. The book covers basics, while also illustrating prominent current issues, and places a strong emphasis on ethnicity and race, and gender issues.

Like other Overture Books, "Mirror for Humanity" is designed to provide a concise, relatively low-cost introduction to cultural anthropology. Derived from his bestselling "Cultural Anthropology", 6/E, Kottak has condensed and updated 19 chapters into 14, with conceptual and textual reorganization. The organization is intended to cover core and basics, while also illustrating prominent current issues. Reflecting the world itself, anthropology seems to change at an increasing pace. "Mirror for Humanity" provides a fully-up-to-date, affordable alternative.

The exploration of cultural diversity
culture
ethnicity and ethnic relations
the cultural construction of race
language
religion
adaptive strategies and economic systems
the political systems of nonindustrial societies
kinship, descent and marriage
gender
the world system, industrialism and stratification
applied anthropology
development and innovation
cultural exchange and survival.