Islands and Cultures - How Pacific Islands Provide Paths toward Sustainability (Hardcover)

A uniquely collaborative analysis of human adaptation to the Polynesian islands, told through oral histories, biophysical evidence, and historical records Humans began to settle the area we know as Polynesia between 3,000 and 800 years ago, bringing with them material culture, including plants and animals, and ideas about societal organization, and then adapting to the specific biophysical features of the islands they discovered. The authors of this book analyze the formation of their human-environment systems using oral histories, biophysical evidence, and historical records, arguing that the Polynesian islands can serve as useful models for how human societies in general interact with their environments. The islands' clearly defined (and relatively isolated) environments, comparatively recent discovery by humans, and innovative and dynamic societies allow for insights not available when studying other cultures. Kamana Beamer, Te Maire Tau, and Peter Vitousek have collaborated with a dozen other scholars, many of them Polynesian, to show how these cultures adapted to novel environments in the past and how we can draw insights for global sustainability today.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Kamanamaikalani Beamer • Te Maire Tau • Peter M. Vitousek
Dimensions:	216 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-25300-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
LSN:	0-300-25300-1
Barcode:	9780300253009

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