Infodoc : Sciences, Techniques et Culture

"This book introduces students to cultural anthropology, with an emphasis on environmental and evolutionary approaches, focusing on how humans adapt to their environment and how the environment shapes culture. It shows how cultures evolved within the context of people's strategies for surviving and thriving in their environments. This approach is widley used among scholars as a cross-disciplinary tool that rewards students with valuable insights into contemporary developments. Drawing on anthropological case studies, the authors address immediate human concerns such as the costs and consequences of human energy requirements, environmental change and degradation, population pressure, social and economic equity, and planned and unplanned change. Impacts of increasingly rapid climatic [...]

"This book introduces students to cultural anthropology, with an emphasis on environmental and evolutionary approaches, focusing on how humans adapt to their environment and how the environment shapes culture. It shows how cultures evolved within the context of people's strategies for surviving and thriving in their environments. This approach is widley used among scholars as a cross-disciplinary tool that rewards students with valuable insights into contemporary developments. Drawing on anthropological case studies, the authors address immediate human concerns such as the costs and consequences of human energy requirements, environmental change and degradation, population pressure, social and economic equity, and planned and unplanned change. Impacts of increasingly rapid climatic change on equitable access to resources and issues of human rights are discussed throughout. Towars the end of the book the student is drawn into a challenging thought experiment addressing the opssible impacts of climating warming on Middle America in the year 2040. All chapters conclude with "Summary," "Key Terms," and "Suggested Readings." This book is an ideal text for students in introductory anthropology and archaelogy, environmental studies, world history and cultural ecology courses" (4ème de couv.)