Anthropology

Topics (10)

• 1
  Cultural Anthropology
• 2
  Social Anthropology
• 3
  Biological Anthropology
• 4
  Linguistic Anthropology
• 5
  Applied Anthropology
• 6
  Urban Anthropology

  Rural-urban migration, slums and squatter settlements, refugees, education system, change in mode of production.

• 7
  Socio-Cultural Change

  Internal and external dynamics, diffusion of innovations, socio-religious barriers, media; dynamics of change in Pakistan.

• 8
  Ethnicity and Race

  Theories, racism, nations and nationality, ethnic conflict, caste, class and social stratification.

• 9
  Anthropological Theories

  Classical (evolutionism, diffusion), modern (functionalism, structuralism, feminism), current trends (postmodernism, poetics).

• 10
  Anthropological Research Methods

  Qualitative and quantitative research; sampling, field data collection, analysis and reporting.

The reading list straight from FPSC's revised Anthropology syllabus. Build your core preparation around these texts — examiner-favoured references that questions are routinely drawn from.

1. 1

   Anthropology

   William A. Haviland

2. 2

   Cultural Anthropology

   Conrad Philip Kottak

3. 3

   Diffusion of Innovation

   Everett M. Rogers

4. 4

   Socio-Cultural Dynamics and Impact of Technological Change

   G.M. Foster

5. 5

   Pakistani Society

   Akbar S. Ahmed

6. 6

   Economic Anthropology

   Sutti Ortiz

7. 7

   Political Anthropology: An Introduction

   Ted C. Lewellen

8. 8

   Pukhtun Economy and Society

   Akbar S. Ahmed

9. 9

   Principles of Anthropology

   Eliot Dismore Chapple and Carleton Stevens Coon

10. 10

    Anthropology and Modern Life

    Franz Boas

11. 11

    Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

    John H. Bodley

12. 12

    Sindh and the Races that Inhabit the Valley of the Indus

    Richard Burton

13. 13

    The People of Pakistan

    Yu. V. Gankovsky

14. 14

    Anthropology and Development

    Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

15. 15

    An Introduction to Theory in Anthropology

    Robert Layton

16. 16

    Anthropological Theory

    John R. McGee and Richard L. Warms

17. 17

    Anthropology in Pakistan

    Stephen Pastner and Louis Flam

18. 18

    Anthropology

    Carol R. Ember, Melvin R. Ember and Peter N. Peregrine

19. 19

    Other Cultures

    John Beattie

20. 20

    A Handbook of Social Science Research

    Beverly R. Dixon, Gary D. Bouma and G.B.J. Atkinson

21. 21

    Frontier Perspectives: Essays in Comparative Anthropology

    Charles Lindholm

22. 22

    Generosity and Jealousy: The Swat Pukhtun of Northern Pakistan

    Charles Lindholm

23. 23

    Friend by Day and Enemy by Night: Organized Vengeance in a Kohistani Community

    Lincoln Keiser

24. 24

    A Punjabi Village in Pakistan

    Zekiye Eglar

25. 25

    The Social Organization of the Marri Baluch

    Robert Niel Pehrson

26. 26

    Introducing Anthropology

    M.A. Park

27. 27

    Peoples and Cultures of Asia

    R. Scupin

28. 28

    Outlines and Highlights for Anthropology

    R. Scupin and C.R. DeCorse

29. 29

    Economic Anthropology

    Stuart Plattner

30. 30

    Economies and Cultures

    Richard Wilk

31. 31

    Introduction to Anthropology of Religion

    Brian Morris