滿珂編著的這本《簡明人類學專業英語(基礎知識與經典選讀)》主要參考《文化的視野》、《人類學理論》、《人類學研究方法》、《人類學實踐：田野作業和民族志方法》等英文教材及人類學的經典著作，依次對其主要理論和方法進行簡明扼要的概括，並附錄短篇人類學經典論文或名著節選。同時，它還面向中國西北地區，補充了有關中國西北穆斯林、漢族、藏族等的重要英文研究成果作為參考文獻，提供模板，方便西北地區的學生在熟悉的社會文化背景下，掌握人類學/民族學的研究範式，提高自己的英語水平，加深對所學專業的理解。

Chapter 1 The Concept of Anthropology and the Early Development of It
What's Anthropology?
Founders of Anthropology
The Main Contributions of Edward Tylor
Lewis Henry Morgan:the Evolution of Society
Franz Boas:Cultures not Culture
Emile Durkheim:the Relationship between Individual and Society
Further readings:
1. The Science of Culture
2. What Is a Social Fact? Eile Durkheim( 1858 -1917)
3. The Methods of Ethnology Franz Boas (1858 -1942)
Chapter 2 The Individual and Culture
Alfred Kroeber: Configurations of Culture
Ruth Benedict :Patterns of Culture
Margaret Mead:The Personality and Culture
Edward Sapir: Culture, Language and the Individual
Bronislaw Malinowski:The Functions of Culture
Further readings:
1. Psychological Types in the Cultures of the Southwest Ruth Fulton Benedict( 1887- 1948)
2. Introduction to Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies Margaret Mead ( 1901 - 1978)
3. The Essentials of the Kula Bronislaw Malinowski ( 1884 - 1942 )
Chapter 3 The Nature of Society
Marcel Mauss : Social Exchange
A. R. Radcliffe-Brown:The Structure of Society
Edward Evans-Pritchard : Social Anthropology, Social History
Further readings:
1. Excerpts from The Gift Marcel Mauss(lg72 -1950)
2. The Mother's Brother in South Africaa A. R.Radcliffe-Brown( 1881 - 1955 )
Chapter 4 Cultural Ecology, Materialism and Neoevolutionary Theories
Leslie White:Evolution Reemergent and Cuhurology
Julian Steward:Cultural Ecology and Muhilinear Evolution
Marvin Harris : Cultural Materialism
Further reading:
1. The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred Cattle Marvin Harris( 1927 - 2001 )
Chapter 5 Structures, Symbols and Meaning
Claude L6vi-Strauss : Structuralism
Victor Turner : Symbols and Pilgrims
Clifford Geertz:An Interpretive Anthropology
Mary Douglas : Pollution and Purity
Further reading:
1. Deep Play:Notes on the Balinese Cockfight Clifford Geertz ( 1926 - 2006 )
Chapter 6 Structures,Practices and Agency
Sherry Ortner: Symbols, Gender, Practice
Pierre Bourdieu : Practice and Habitus : an Anthropology of Practice
Further reading :
1. Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture? Sherry B. Ortner(1941-- )
Chapter 7 Research Methods in Anthropology
Different Levels of Methods
Variables
Preparing for Research
The Literature Search
Sampling
Interviewing
Participant Observation
Brief Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Chapter 8 Ethnic Group and Ethnicity
The Concepts and Theories of Ethnicity
Ethnicity, Religion, and Language
Ethnicity in the Modern World