This volume shows how hunter gatherer societies maintain their traditional lifeways in the face of interaction with neighboring herders, farmers, and traders. Using historical, anthropological and archaeological data and cases from Africa, Australia, and Southeast Asia, the auth…
"Shifting cultivation is one of the oldest forms of subsistence agriculture and is still practised by millions of poor people in the tropics. Typically it involves clearing land (often forest) for the growing of crops for a few years, and then moving on to new sites, leaving the…
How can cultural forms motivate people to care about their environment? While important scientific data about ecosystems is mushrooming, E.N. Anderson argues in this powerful new book that putting effective conservation into practice depends primarily on social solidarity and em…
"How can cultural forms motivate people to care about their environment? While important scientific data about ecosystems is mushrooming, E.N. Anderson argues in this powerful new book that putting effective conservation into practice depends primarily on social solidarity and e…
