The Anthropology of Climate Change
Michael R. Dove
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Description for The Anthropology of Climate Change
Paperback. This anthology brings together important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. The essays cover a range of topics, including environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, and climatic disasters. Editor(s): Dove, Michael R. Series: Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Num Pages: 360 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JHM; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 548.
This timely anthology brings together for the first time the most important ancient, medieval, Enlightenment, and modern scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change.
- Brings together for the first time the most important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete historical anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change
- Covers the historic and prehistoric records of human impact from and response to prior periods of climate change, including the impact and response to climate change at the local level
- Discusses the impact on global debates about climate change from North-South post-colonial histories ... Read more
- Includes coverage of topics such as environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, climatic disasters and societal collapse, and ethno-meteorology
- An ideal text for courses in climate change, human/cultural ecology, environmental anthropology and archaeology, disaster studies, environmental sciences, science and technology studies, history of science, and conservation and development studies
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118383001
SKU
V9781118383001
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Michael R. Dove
Michael R. Dove is the Margaret K. Musser Professor of Social Ecology in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Director of the Tropical resources Institute, and Curator of Anthropology at the Peabody Museum, Yale University.
Reviews for The Anthropology of Climate Change
"...a timely contribution to the discourse in anthropology for understanding the various impacts of global climate change from multiple perspectives and contexts...the pairing of relevant and related works under specific thematic areas is useful for class reading assignments and encouraging focused comparative debates." - Sandra Moore, for Anthropology Book Forum, Anthropology News “I believe that Dove’s book would serve ... Read more