Environmental Anthropology: From Pigs to Policies

Environmental Anthropology: From Pigs to Policies
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Environmental anthropologists organize the realities of interdependent lands, plants, animals, and human beings; advocate for the neediest among them; and provide understandings that preserve what is needed for the survival of a diverse world. Can the things that anthropologists have learned in their studies of small-scale systems have any relevance for developing policies to address global problems? Townsend explores this dilemma in her captivating, concise exploration of environmental anthropology and its place among the discipline's subfields. Maintaining the structure and clarity of the previous edition, the second edition has been revised throughout to include new research, expanded discussions of climate change, and a chapter devoted to spiritual ecology. In the historical overview of the field, Townsend shows how ideas and approaches developed earlier are relevant to understanding how today's local populations adapt to their physical and biological environments. She next presents a closer look at global environmental issues--rapid expansion of the world economic system, disease and poverty, the loss of biodiversity and its implications for human health--to demonstrate the effects of interactions between local and global communities. As a capstone, she gives thoughtful consideration to how, as professionals and as individuals, we can move toward personal engagement with environmental problems.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Waveland Pr Inc
Manufacturer Waveland Pr Inc
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781577665816
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781577665816
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Waveland Pr Inc
Manufacturer	Waveland Pr Inc
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781577665816
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781577665816
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Environmental Anthropology: From Pigs to Policies

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