Indigenous Knowledge and the Environment in Africa and North America

Informationen zum Autor David M. Gordon is an associate professor of history at Bowdoin College. He is author of "Nachituti's Gift: Economy! Society! and Environment in Central Africa" and numerous articles on African social! cultural! and environmental history. Shepard Krech III is a professor emeritus of anthropology at Brown University and a research associate in the Department of Anthropology! National Museum of Natural History! Smithsonian Institution. A trustee of the National Humanities Center! he is the author or editor of many essays and books! including "The Ecological Indian" and "The Encyclopedia of World Environmental History!" edited with John McNeill and Carolyn Merchant. Klappentext Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges are often viewed, incorrectly, as pure and primordial cultural artifacts. Zusammenfassung Indigenous knowledge has become a catchphrase in global struggles for environmental justice. Yet indigenous knowledges are often viewed, incorrectly, as pure and primordial cultural artifacts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors: David Bernstein! Derick Fay! Andrew H. Fisher! Karen Flint! David M. Gordon! Paul Kelton! Shepard Krech III! Joshua Reid! Parker Shipton! Lance van Sittert! Jacob Tropp! James L. A. Webb! Jr.! Marsha Weisiger

Product details

• Authors: David M. (EDT)/ Krech Gordon
• Assisted by: David M. Gordon (Editor), Shepard Krech III (Editor), Shepard Krech (Editor), Shepard Krech III (Editor)
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2013
• EAN: 9780821420799
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2079-9
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Ecology & History; Series in Ecology and History; Ecology & History
• Subject: Non-fiction book