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The Environment in Anthropology (Second Edition): A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living
Nora Haenn
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Description for The Environment in Anthropology (Second Edition): A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living
Paperback. Editor(s): Haenn, Nora; Wilk, Richard; Harnish, Allison. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMP; RND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 215 x 30. Weight in Grams: 996.
The Environment in Anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. From the classics to the most current scholarship, this text connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology, providing readers with a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems. Haenn, Wilk, and Harnish pose the most urgent questions of environmental protection: How are environmental problems mediated by cultural values? What are the environmental effects of urbanization? When do environmentalists' goals and actions conflict with those of indigenous peoples? How can we assess the impact of environmentally ... Read more
The Environment in Anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. From the classics to the most current scholarship, this text connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology, providing readers with a strong intellectual foundation as well as offering practical tools for solving environmental problems. Haenn, Wilk, and Harnish pose the most urgent questions of environmental protection: How are environmental problems mediated by cultural values? What are the environmental effects of urbanization? When do environmentalists' goals and actions conflict with those of indigenous peoples? How can we assess the impact of environmentally ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479876761
SKU
V9781479876761
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99-50
About Nora Haenn
Nora Haenn is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University. She is author of Fields of Power, Forests of Discontent: Culture, Conservation, and the State in Mexico. Allison Harnish is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Albion College (MI). Richard Wilk is Distinguished Professor and Provost's Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University, where he directs ... Read more
Reviews for The Environment in Anthropology (Second Edition): A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living
The Environment in Anthropology reads like a 'Greatest Hits' of environmental anthropology in recent years. I have taught many of these authors and concepts due to their engaging tone and critical edge; it is empowering to have them all collected here, in a volume structured for conceptual and chronological clarity, without foreclosing on the creativity of this field, still so ... Read more