People and Nature: An Introduction to Human Ecological RelationsNow updated and expanded, People and Nature is a lively, accessible introduction to environmental anthropology that focuses on the interactions between people, culture, and nature around the world.
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Contents
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How Things Were | 33 |
Chapter 3 The Great Forgetting | 75 |
Are We In It? | 96 |
Chapter 5 What Makes People Do That? | 122 |
Chapter 6 Population and Environment | 145 |
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