Environmental Anthropology: A Historical Reader

by Dove, Michael R.
ISBN: 9781405111379
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Overview

Environmental Anthropology: A Reader is a collection of historically significant readings, dating from early in the twentieth century up to the present, on the cross-cultural study of relations between people and their environment.
  • Provides the historical perspective that is typically missing from recent work in environmental anthropology
  • Includes an extensive intellectual history and commentary by the volume's editors
  • Offers a unique perspective on current interest in cross-cultural environmental relations
  • Divided into five thematic sections: (1) the nature/culture divide; (2) relationship between environment and social organization; (3) methodological debates and innovations; (4) politics and practice; and (5) epistemological issues of environmental anthropology
  • Organized into a series of paired papers, which 'speak' to each other, designed to encourage readers to make connections that they might not customarily make
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Dove, Michael R.
  • ISBN: 9781405111379
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.40 x 1.11
  • Number Of Pages: 502
  • Publication Year: 2007