Anthropology and contemporary human problems [[electronic resource] /] / John H. Bodley |
Autore | Bodley John H |
Edizione | [6th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : AltaMira Press, c2012 |
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. |
ISBN |
1-280-64787-6
9786613633927 0-7591-2159-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452327803321 |
Bodley John H | ||
Lanham, Md., : AltaMira Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cultural anthropology [[electronic resource] ] : tribes, states, and the global system / / John H. Bodley |
Autore | Bodley John H |
Edizione | [5th ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (649 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Ethnology
Anthropology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-7591-1866-3
1-283-17297-6 9786613172976 0-7591-1867-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: THE TRIBAL WORLD: THE WORLD BEFORE THE STATE; CHAPTER 1. Culture: A Scale and Power Perspective; CHAPTER 2. Native Amazonians: Villagers of the Rain Forest; CHAPTER 3. Australian Aborigines: Mobile Foragers for 50,000 Years; CHAPTER 4. African Cattle Peoples: Tribal Pastoralists; CHAPTER 5. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Tribal World; Part Two: THE IMPERIAL WORLD: THE END OF EQUALITY; CHAPTER 6. Pacific Islanders: From Leaders to Rulers; CHAPTER 7. Ancient Empires in Two Worlds: Mesopotamia and the Andes; CHAPTER 8. The Chinese Great Tradition
CHAPTER 9. Hinduism and Islam in South AsiaPart Three: THE COMMERCIAL WORLD: GLOBAL CAPITALISM; CHAPTER 10. The Capitalist World System; CHAPTER 11. The United States: An American Plutocracy; CHAPTER 12. An Unsustainable Global System; Part Four: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: LOCAL TO GLOBAL; CHAPTER 13. Tribes to Nations: Progress of the Victims; CHAPTER 14. Small Nations Solving Global Problems; CHAPTER 15. Envisioning a Sustainable World; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456574603321 |
Bodley John H | ||
Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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