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Becoming Good Ancestors : How We Balance Nature, Community, and Technology
David Ehrenfeld
Paperback - $32.95
Swimming Lessons : Keeping Afloat in the Age of Technology
David Ehrenfeld
Hardcover - $44.95
Never in history has life been so complicated and full of sudden changes. Technology, the environment, and the way we work and relate to one another are all in upheaval. With wit, humor, a calm voice, and great authority, Swimming Lessons gives a cle ...
The Dominant Animal : Human Evolution and the Environment
Paul R. Ehrlich
Hardcover - $54.95
Humans are unquestionably the dominant animal. Why, then, are we creating a world that threatens our own species? Two renowned scientists tackle the fundamental challenge of the human predicament and offer a vivid and unique exploration of humanity's ...
Environment, Subsistence and System : The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations
R. F. Ellen
Paperback - $82.95
Human ecology is ultimately part of a general theory of society. This is the argument developed here by Roy Ellen, whose exploration of the interplay between social organization and ecology in small-scale subsistence systems has direct bearings both ...
Ethnobiology and the Science of Humankind
Roy Ellen
Paperback - $80.95
This landmark volume assesses the contribution of recent work in ethnobiology to anthropological thought. Comprising a series of articles written by international scholars, the book considers the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ...
Redefining Nature : Ecology, Culture and Domestication
Roy Ellen
Paperback - $80.95
- How can anthropology improve our understanding of the interrelationship between nature and culture?
- What can anthropology contribute to practical debates which depend on particular definitions of nature, such as that concerning sustainable de ...
Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico : A Study in Vulnerability
Georgina H. Endfield
Paperback - $77.95
By considering three case study regions in Mexico during the Colonial era, "Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability" examines the complex interrelationship between climate and society and its contemporary implications.
Pr ...
Human Geography : Landscapes of Human Activities
Jerome D. Fellmann
Hardcover - $275.95
Fellmann's "Human Geography" introduces students to the scope and excitement of human geography and its relevance to their daily lives. This edition continues to convey the breadth of human geography and to provide insight into the nature and intelle ...
The New Ecological Order
Luc Ferry
Paperback - $40.95
In The New Ecological Order, Luc Ferry offers a penetrating critique of the ideological roots of the 'Deep Ecology' movement spreading throughout the United States, Germany, and France