The Give and Take of Sustainability - Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives on Tradeoffs (Hardcover)

Sustainability strives to meet the needs of the present without compromising the future, but increasingly recognizes the tradeoffs among these many needs. Who benefits? Who bears the burden? How are these difficult decisions made? Are people aware of these hard choices? This timely volume brings the perspectives of ethnography and archaeology to bear on these questions by examining case studies from around the world. Written especially for this volume, the essays by an international team of scholars offer archaeological and ethnographic examples from the southwestern United States, the Maya region of Mexico, Africa, India, and the North Atlantic, among other regions. Collectively, they explore the benefits and consequences of growth and development, the social costs of ecological sustainability, and tensions between food and military security.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	New Directions in Sustainability and Society
Release date:	April 2017
Editors:	Michelle Hegmon
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	214
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-07833-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Environmental archaeology Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	1-107-07833-4
Barcode:	9781107078338

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