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Subject(s)

• Nature—Effect of human beings on [Browse]
• Human beings—Effect of environment on [Browse]
• Environmental degradation [Browse]
• Environmental policy [Browse]

Series

• Blackwell primers in anthropology ; 1. [More in this series]
• Primers in Anthropology ; 1

Summary note

"Now updated and expanded, People and Nature is a lively, accessible introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world. Written by a respected scholar in environmental anthropology with a multi-disciplinary focus that also draws from geography, ecology, and environmental studies, Addresses new issues of importance, including climate change, population change, the rise of the slow food and farm-to-table movements, and consumer-driven shifts in sustainability, Explains key theoretical issues in the field, as well as the most important research, at a level appropriate for readers coming to the topic for the first time, Discusses the challenges in ensuring a livable future for generations to come and explores solutions for correcting the damage already done to the environment, Offers a powerful, hopeful future vision for improved relations between humans and nature that embraces the idea of community needs rather than consumption wants, and the importance of building trust as a foundation for a sustainable future" -- From the publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Human agency and the state of the Earth
• A reminder : how things were...
• The great forgetting
• The web of life : are we in it?
• What makes people do that?
• Population and environment
• Rebuilding communities and institutions
• Can we learn when we have enough?
• Quality of life : when less is more.

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ISBN

• 9781118877470 (paperback)
• 1118877470 (paperback)

LCCN

^^2016016091

OCLC

946254854

RCP

H - S

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