Introduction to cultural ecology
By: Mark Q. Sutton and E.N. Anderson.
Contributors: Anderson, Eugene N. 1941-
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Human ecology; Social ecology
Description: "A text for courses in anthropology, environmental studies, and sociology."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Introduction --; title: What is cultural biology? --; title: Anthropology -- -- The; title: Study of human ecology -- -- A; title: History of thought on culture and environment -- -- The; title: Rise of human ecology --; title: Thus ... -- -- 2; title: Fundamentals of ecology -- -- The; title: Environment --; title: Niche and habitat --; title: Resources --; title: Energy -- -- 3; title: Human biological ecology --; title: Humans as animals --; title: Biological adaptations --; title: Human population regulation --; title: Nutrition --; title: Evolutionary ecology -- -- 4; title: Cultural ecology --; title: Human capabilities --; title: Culture as an adaptive mechanism --; title: Traditional knowledge systems --; title: Human control of the environment --; title: Decision making -- -- A; title: Concluding thought on management -- -- 5; title: Hunting and gathering --; title: Hunter-gatherer classification -- -- The; title: Hunter-gatherer stereotype --; title: Bias in hunter-gatherer studies --; title: Population --; title: Settlement and subsistence --; title: Environmental manipulation and resource management --; title: Relations with other groups -- -- Case study : the; title: Nuu-chah-nulth of British Columbia -- -- Case study : the; title: Mbuti of the Ituri forest -- -- 6 The; title: Origins of food production --; title: Agricultural domestication -- -- The; title: Transition to farming --; title: On the origin of agriculture --; title: Types of agriculture -- -- The; title: Impact of agriculture -- -- 7; title: Horticulture --; title: Horticultural techniques --; title: Use of wild resources --; title: Environmental manipulation and resource management --; title: Relations with other groups -- -- Case study : the; title: Grand Valley Dani of highland New Guinea -- -- Case study : the; title: Lozi of Western Zambia -- -- 8; title: Pastoralism --; title: General sociopolitical organization --; title: Types of pastorialism -- -- The; title: Geography of pastoralism -- -- The; title: Origin of pastoralism --; title: Some parameters of pastorialism --; title: Use of nonpastoral products --; title: Environmental manipulation and resource management --; title: Relations with other groups -- -- A; title: Note on the impact of grazing -- -- Case study : the; title: Maasai of East Africa -- -- Case study : the; title: Navajo of the American southwest -- -- 9; title: Intensive agriculture --; title: Changes in scale --; title: Techniques of intensive agriculture --; title: Contemporary industrialized agriculture --; title: Environmental manipulation and resource management --; title: Relations with other groups -- -- Case study :; title: Mountains and water - the traditional agricultural system along South Coastal China -- -- Case study : The; title: Maya agricultural system -- -- 10; title: Current issues and problems --; title: Tragedy of the commons --; title: Agricultural involution --; title: Agricultural development and intensification --; title: Rain forest dilemma.