Landscape, Memory and History - Anthropological Perspectives (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)

How do people perceive the land around them, and how is that perception changed by history? The contributors explore this question from an anthropological angle, assessing the connections between place, space, identity, nationalism, history and memory in a variety of different settings around the world. Taking historical change and memory as key themes, they offer a broad study that should appeal to a readership across the social sciences.Contributors from North America, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Europe explore a wide variety of case studies that includes seascapes in Jamaica; the Solomon Islands; the forests of Madagascar; Aboriginal and European notions of landscape in Australia; place and identity in 19th-century maps and the bogs of Ireland; contemporary concerns over changing landscapes in Papua New Guinea; and representations of landscape and history in the poetry of the Scottish borders.

General

Imprint:	Pluto Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Anthropology, Culture and Society
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	May 2003
Editors:	Pamela J. Stewart • Andrew Strathern
Dimensions:	215 x 133 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	246
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7453-1966-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	0-7453-1966-1
Barcode:	9780745319667

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