Environmental anthropology today / / edited by Helen Kopnina and Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2011; Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 301 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology; Ecologia humana
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Altri autori: KopninaHelen Shoreman-OuimetEleanor
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. The theoretical perspectives -- pt. 2. Methodological challenges -- pt. 3. Anthropologists and the real world.
• Sommario/riassunto: Today, we face some of the greatest environmental challenges in global history. Understanding the damage being done and the varied ethics and efforts contributing to its repair is of vital importance. This volume poses the question: What can increasing the emphasis on the environment in environmental anthropology, along with the science of its problems and the theoretical and methodological tools of anthropological practice, do to aid conservation efforts, policy initiatives, and our overall understanding of how to survive as citizens of the planet? Environmental Anthropology Today combines a range of new ethnographic work with chapters exploring key theoretical and methodological issues, and draws on disciplines such as sociology and environmental science as well as anthropology to illuminate those issues. The case studies include work on North America, Europe, India, Africa, Asia, and South America, offering the reader a stimulating and thoughtful survey of the work currently being conducted in the field.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental anthropology today
• ISBN: 1-136-65855-6; 1-283-44188-8; 9786613441881; 0-203-80690-5; 1-136-65856-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910961537203321
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