The Anthropology of Climate Change - An Historical Reader (Hardcover)

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 and the social dimensions of the science of climate change. * 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

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2014
First published:	February 2014
Authors:	MR Dove
Dimensions:	252 x 177 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-1-118-38355-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
LSN:	1-118-38355-9
Barcode:	9781118383551

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