People and Nature
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People and Nature

An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

People and Nature

An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations

About this book

This book provides a lively and thoughtful introduction to ecological anthropology by examining the evolving relations between human communities and nature.

  • Written by a noted anthropologist, geographer, and environmental scientist.
  • Reviews the evolution of human interactions with the natural world---drawing from anthropology and geography.
  • Explores those aspects of human ecological relations that seem to account for the greater connectedness of certain societies to their physical environment.
  • Offers a vision for improved relations between humans and nature.

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Table of contents

  1. Figures
  2. Preface
  3. 1 Human Agency and the State of the Earth
  4. Introduction
  5. Can one Conceive of Ecosystems Without Human Agents?
  6. Human Agency: Individuals Making a Difference
  7. Overwhelming Evidence for Concern with the Condition of the Earth System
  8. Looking Back and Looking Forward
  9. 2 A Reminder: How Things Were. . . .
  10. The Study of Human Ecological Relations
  11. The Contemporary Study of Environmental Issues: The Rise of Cross-Disciplinary Team-Based Approaches
  12. The Evolution of Human–Environment Interactions
  13. Hunter-Gatherers: Setting our Preferences
  14. How Did We Decide To Become Farmers?
  15. Herding and Farming: An Uneasy Relationship
  16. More Food for The Masses
  17. 3 The Great Forgetting
  18. Earth Transformations in Prehistory
  19. The Archaeology of Environmental Change
  20. The Urban–Industrial Revolution and the Unleashing of Prometheus
  21. The Contemporary Situation: Human-dominated ecosystems
  22. 4 The Web of Life: Are We In It?
  23. The Web of Life and Trophic Relations: Thinking Ecologically
  24. Ecosystem Productivity and Net Primary Production
  25. Land Use and Long Term Disturbance
  26. 5 What Makes People Do That?
  27. Learning, Adaptation, and Information
  28. Mitigation and the Cautionary Principle
  29. Transforming the Face of the Earth: Making Better Decisions
  30. Population and the Environment
  31. 6 Rebuilding Communities and Institutions
  32. Community in Human Evolution
  33. What is Sacred in Human Evolution?
  34. Tragedies of the Commons
  35. Institutions and Self-Organization
  36. Bioregionalism, Deep Ecology, and Embedding People In Nature
  37. 7 Can We Learn When We Have Enough?
  38. Material Boys and Material Girls
  39. Patterns of Consumption in Developed Countries
  40. Patterns of Consumption in Developing Countries
  41. A Feeding Frenzy and a Crisis in Public Health
  42. Burning Fossil Fuels instead of Calories
  43. Do We Have Enough Material Goods Now?
  44. 8 Quality of Life: When Less Is More
  45. Resource Abundance versus Resource Scarcity
  46. When Less Is More
  47. The Scale of the Problem and the Scale of the Solution
  48. Restoring Our Balance: Valuing Community and Trust, Rather Than More “Stuff”
  49. Are We Happier When We Have More?
  50. References
  51. Index