Cultural forests of the Amazon : a historical ecology of people and their landscapes / / William Balée

• Autore: Balée William L. <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 581.6/309811
• Soggetto topico: Urubu Kaapor Indians - Ethnobotany; Urubu Kaapor Indians - Philosophy; Urubu Kaapor Indians - Social conditions; Indigenous peoples - Ecology - Amazon River Region; Traditional ecological knowledge - Amazon River Region; Cultural landscapes - Amazon River Region; Rain forest ecology - Amazon River Region
• Soggetto geografico: Amazon River Region Social conditions; Amazon River Region Environmental conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Landscape transformations : overview -- pt. II. Contact and attrition : overview -- pt. III. Indigenous savoir faire : overview -- pt. IV. Dimensions of diversity : overview.
• Sommario/riassunto: Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal impact on Amazon forests, once considered to be total wildernesses. William Balée's research, conducted over a span of three decades, shows a more complicated truth. In Cultural Forests of the Amazon, he argues that indigenous people,
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural forests of the Amazon
• ISBN: 0-8173-8655-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822601003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II