Confronting Environments - Local Understanding in a Globalizing World

Informationen zum Autor James G. Carrier is Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University and Honorary Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University. His recent books include Occidentalism: Images of the West and Meanings of the Market: The Free Market in Western Culture. Klappentext James G. Carrier and his group of international researchers tackle the complex factors affecting people's understandings of their environment not just the natural environment, but landscapes shaped by humans, and the social and cultural contexts. The authors consider the impact of local events with detailed analyses, but also evaluate the political-economic forces that operate at regional and global levels. This book will be an excellent resource for policy-makers, researchers, and instructors in environmental use and conservation, anthropology, geography, and political ecology. Tackles the factors affecting people's understandings of their environment, not just the natural environment, but landscapes shaped by humans, and the social and cultural contexts. This book considers the impact of local events with analyses, and also evaluates the political-economic forces that operate at regional and global levels.

Product details

• Authors: James G. Carrier
• Assisted by: James G Carrier (Editor), James G. Carrier (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2004
• EAN: 9780759105638
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-0563-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Globalization and the Environment; Globalization and the Environm; Globalization and the Environm; Globalization and the Environment
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies