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Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise (Revised Edition) - Couverture souple

Meggers, Betty J.

 
9781560986553: Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise (Revised Edition)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1560986557 ISBN 13 : 9781560986553
Editeur : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1996

Synopsis

When first published in 1971, Amazonia was a pioneering contribution to the emerging field of cultural ecology. Betty Meggers argued that the Amazon's luxurious vegetation concealed significant limitations for human exploitation, placing a ceiling on pre-Columbian population density and social complexity. This controversial view has implications for academic anthropology and also relates to the modern development of Amazonia, including attempts to introduce sustainable methods of intensive exploitation.

Amazonia in this revised new edition includes recent biological and climatic data. Ethnographic and archaeological evidence reemphasize the complexity of the ecosystem and broaden our understanding of past and present sophisticated adaptations among indigenous groups.

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À propos de l'auteur

Betty J. Meggers is a research anthropologist at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Instituion, and an honorary fellow of the Association for Tropical Biology.

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Éditeur
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1560986557
ISBN 13 
9781560986553
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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