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"Bridging the fields of environmental history and American studies, Rendering Nature examines the surprising interconnections between nature and culture in distinct places, times, and contexts over the course of American history. Divided into four themes--animals, bodies, places…
"In The Ecology of Pastoralism, a diverse group of contributions from archaeologists and ethnographers address pastoralism's significant impact on humanity's basic subsistence and survival, focusing on the network of social, political, and religious institutions existing within …
History of the future of economic growth: historical roots of current debates on sustainabl…
by Schmelzer, Matthias, Borowy, Iris, International degrowth conference for ecological sustainability and social equity <Veranstaltung> <2014, Leipzig>, International degrowth conference for ecological sustainability and social equity ; 4. (Leipzig) : 2014.09
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Introduction: Minor Traditions, Shizen Equivocations, and Sophisticated Conjunctions / Casper Bruun Jensen and Atsuro Morita -- Naturalism and the Invention of Identity / Marilyn Strathern -- Between Two Truths: Time in Physics and Fiji / Naoki Kasuga -- Natures of Naturalism: R…
"Over time, the role of nature in anthropology has evolved from being a mere backdrop for social and cultural diversity to being viewed as an integral part of the ontological entanglement of human and nonhuman agents. This transformation of the role of nature offers important in…
"In the nineteenth century, the Qing empire experienced a period of profound turmoil caused by an unprecedented conjunction of natural disasters, internal rebellions, and foreign incursions. The imperial government responded to these calamities by introducing an array of new pol…
Based on 16 years of fieldwork among the pastoral Turkana people, McCabe examines how individuals use the land and make decisions about mobility, livestock and the use of natural resources in an environment characterized by aridity, unpredictability, insecurity and violence.
This book is an outcome of the 36th International Conference EnviroInfo 2022, held at the University of Hamburg, Germany, organized by the technical committee for Environmental Informatics of the German Informatics Society. It presents a selection of papers that describe innovat…
With 41 scholars worldwide contributing 46 chapters, and with nearly a decade in the making, this is one of the largest books in a single volume to cover a topic in architectural history and theory.A pioneering book that explores ways to integrate social methods and historical n…
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