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Autore: | Bodley John H |
Titolo: | Anthropology and contemporary human problems [[electronic resource] /] / John H. Bodley |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : AltaMira Press, c2012 |
Edizione: | 6th ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306 |
Soggetto topico: | Ethnology |
Civilization, Modern - 1950- | |
Human ecology | |
Social problems | |
Social prediction | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems; Chapter 2. Scale, Adaptation, and the Environmental Crisis; Chapter 3. Natural Resources and the Culture of Consumption; Chapter 4. Malnutrition and the Evolution of Food Systems; Chapter 5. Commercial Factory-Food Systems; Chapter 6. Population Problem; Chapter 7. Poverty and Conflict; Chapter 8. The Future; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Sommario/riassunto: | Bodley trenchantly critiques the most pressing global mega-problems, such as unsustainable growth, resource depletion, global warming, and poverty and conflict, and shows how anthropology makes it possible to find solutions. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Anthropology and contemporary human problems |
ISBN: | 1-280-64787-6 |
9786613633927 | |
0-7591-2159-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910452327803321 |
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