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Resource Managers: North American And Australian Huntergatherers (Paperback)
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Resource Managers: North American And Australian Huntergatherers (Paperback)
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As environmental management becomes of increasing concern to both
industrial and developing societies, it is instructive to look at
the fundamental relationship between man and environment as
exemplified by the hunter-gatherer cultures, in which resource
management was and is vital to the very existence of human life.
The authors of this book look at hunting and gathering societies in
Australia and North America, searching for the essential, as
distinct from local, manifestations of human-environment relations.
They examine the availability of resources in relation to the
requirements of stable and expanding human populations, explore the
ontological and structural principles of ecological relations in
these societies, and describe the rationale of geographic
boundaries and control of access to resources within and across
boundaries. A number of current theoretical issues are addressed:
the use of fire as a tool for environmental management; the
ecological consequences of seasonal mobility patterns; the
functional basis for differing forms of control over resources; the
social organization of production, including the symbolism of the
sexual division of labor; the tactical exercise of jural rights in
the use of resources; and the ecological consequences of religious
beliefs. The book concludes with a summary of the case materials in
terms of what they contribute to the understanding of
hunting/gathering as an "economic" category and to the conflict
over management of natural resources where societies of
hunter-gatherers are encapsulated within industrial societies.
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