The appropriation of nature : essays on human ecology and social relations / Tim Ingold.

Author
Ingold, Tim, 1948- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, c1986.
Description
ix, 287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
Themes in social anthropology. [More in this series]
Notes
Papers derived from various conferences.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographies and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • 1. Prologue: concerning the hunter and his spear
  • 2. The architect and the bee : reflections on the work of animals and men
  • 3. Tools and homo faber : construction and the authorship of design
  • 4. Gatherer-hunter, forager-predator : modes of subsistence in human evolution
  • 5. Extraction, appropriation and co-operation : the constituents of human hunting
  • 6. Territoriality and tenure : the appropriation of space in hunting and gathering societies
  • 8. The significance of storage in hunting societies
  • 9. The principle of individual autonomy and the collective appropriation of nature
  • 10. Hunting, sacrifice and the domestication of animals.
ISBN
0719018625 :
LCCN
gb^86010744^
OCLC
13669442
RCP
H - S
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