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
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
