Environmental anthropologists organize the realities of interdependent lands, plants, animals, and human beings; advocate for the neediest among them; and provide guidance for conservation efforts. But can anthropologists' studies of small-scale systems contribute to policies that address profoundly interconnected global problems? Townsend explores this question in her concise introduction to environmental anthropology. While maintaining the structure and clarity of previous editions, the third edition has been thoroughly revised to include new research. Newly added are a chapter on the environmental impact of war and recommended readings and films. Townsend begins with a historical overview of the field, illustrating how earlier ideas and approaches help to understand how today's populations adapt to their physical and biological environments. She then transitions to a closer look at global environmental issues, including such topics as rapid expansion of the world economic system and inequality, loss of biodiversity and its implications for human health, and injustices of climate change, resource extraction, and toxic waste disposal. The final chapters caution that meaningful change requires social movements and policy changes in addition to individual actions. Title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Netting, Cultural Ecology, 2E (ISBN 9780881332049).
✔ Author(s): Patricia K. Townsend
✔ Title: Environmental Anthropology: From Pigs to Policies, Third Edition
✔ Rating : 4.4 out of 5 base on (33 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1478636130
✔ ISBN-13: 9781478636137
✔ Language: English
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