Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-132) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Julian Steward's cultural ecology -- Ethnoecology -- Pigs for the ancestors -- Amazonian hunters -- Complex societies -- The underground environment: minerals -- Warfare ecology -- The climate is changing -- Population and environment -- Biodiversity and health in the anthropocene -- It isn't easy being green: influencing environmental policies -- Holy ground -- Consumer cultures.
Summary:
"Environmental anthropologists organize the realities of interdependent lands, plants, animals, and human beings; advocate for the neediest among them; and provide guidance for conservation efforts. But can anthropologists' studies of small-scale systems contribute to policies that address profoundly interconnected global problems? Townsend explores this question in her concise introduction to environmental anthropology ... [T]he third edition has been thoroughly revised to include new research"--Back cover.
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