Mark Q. Sutton, E. N. Anderson

Introduction to Cultural Ecology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introduction to Cultural Ecology, Third Edition, familiarizes students with the foundations of the field and provides a framework for exploring what other cultures can teach us about human/environment relationships.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Third Edition
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 803g
• ISBN-13: 9780759123281
• ISBN-10: 0759123284
• Artikelnr.: 38076376

Autorenporträt

Mark Q. Sutton is professor emeritus of anthropology at California State University, Bakersfield, and is principal investigator at Statistical Research, Inc., a cultural resource management and heritage preservation firm. E. N. Anderson is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California, Riverside.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments 1  Introduction
What Is Cultural Ecology? Anthropology The Study of Human Ecology A History
of Thought on Culture and Environment The Rise of Cultural Ecology Thus . .
. Chapter Summary Key Terms 2  Fundamentals of Ecology The Environment
Niche and Habitat Resources Energy Chapter Summary Key Terms 3  Human
Biological Ecology Humans as Animals Biological Adaptations Human
Population Regulation Nutrition Evolutionary Ecology Chapter Summary Key
Terms CASE STUDY 3.1. The Dietary Role of Insects in the Ancient Great
Basin 4  Cultural Ecology Human Capabilities Culture as an Adaptive
Mechanism Traditional Knowledge Systems Human Control of the Environment
Decision Making A Concluding Thought on Management Chapter Summary Key
Terms 5  Hunting and Gathering Hunter-Gatherer Classification The
Hunter-Gatherer Stereotype Bias in Hunter-Gatherer Studies Population
Settlement and Subsistence Environmental Manipulation and Resource
Management Relations with other Groups Chapter Summary Key Terms CASE STUDY
5.1: The Nuu-chah-nulth of British Columbia CASE STUDY 5.2: The Mbuti of
the Ituri Forest 6  The Origins of Food Production Agricultural
Domestication The Transition to Farming On the Origin of Agriculture Types
of Agriculture The Impact of Agriculture Chapter Summary Key Terms
7  Horticulture Horticultural Techniques Use of Wild Resources
Environmental Manipulation and Resource Management Relations with Other
Groups Chapter Summary Key Terms CASE STUDY 7.1: The Grand Valley Dani of
Highland New Guinea CASE STUDY 7.2: The Lozi of Western Zambia
8  Pastoralism General Sociopolitical Organization Types of Pastoralism The
Geography of Pastoralism The Origin of Pastoralism Some Parameters of
Pastoralism Use of Nonpastoral Products Environmental Manipulation and
Resource Management Relations with Other Groups A Note on the Impact of
Grazing Chapter Summary Key Terms CASE STUDY 8.1: The Maasai: Pastoralists
in East Africa CASE STUDY 8.2: The Navajo: Pastoralists of the American
Southwest CASE STUDY 8.3: Cattle Ranchers in the American West, by Kimberly
Hedrick 9  Intensive Agriculture Changes in Scale Techniques of Intensive
Agriculture Contemporary Industrialized Agriculture Environmental
Manipulation and Resource Management Relations with Other Groups Chapter
Summary Key Terms CASE STUDY 9.1: Mountains and Water: The Traditional
Agricultural System along South Coastal China CASE STUDY 9.2: The Maya
Agricultural System 10  Current Issues and Problems The Tragedy of the
Commons Agricultural Involution Agricultural Development and
Intensification The Rainforest Dilemma The General Problem Chapter Summary
Key Terms Glossary References Index About the Authors