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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems / Edition 6
- ISBN-10:
- 0759121583
- ISBN-13:
- 9780759121584
- Pub. Date:
- 04/12/2012
- Publisher:
- AltaMira Press
- ISBN-10:
- 0759121583
- ISBN-13:
- 9780759121584
- Pub. Date:
- 04/12/2012
- Publisher:
- AltaMira Press
Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems / Edition 6
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ISBN-13: | 9780759121584 |
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Publisher: | AltaMira Press |
Publication date: | 04/12/2012 |
Edition description: | Sixth Edition |
Pages: | 432 |
Product dimensions: | 6.90(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
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Table of Contents
List of Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human ProblemsNature and Scope of the ProblemsWorld Scientists’ Warning to Humanity, 1992UN Millennium Goals Crisis Awareness and Response Significance of Culture ScaleUniqueness of Tribal Societies and Cultures“Original Affluent Society”Elite-Directed Growth: The Human ProblemDistribution of Wealth and PowerThe World’s Elite-Directors: View from the TopElite-Direction and the Global Media: Rupert Murdoch’s News CorporationToo Big and Failing: Elite-Direction and the Global Financial CrisisChapter 2Scale, Adaptation, and the Environmental CrisisCultural Transmission and MaladaptationScale and Cultural EvolutionCultural Evolution and AdaptationNature and Scope of the Environmental CrisisBiodiversity and the Death of the Tropical Rain ForestsEcocide, Soviet StyleEnvironmental Crisis and Cultural ChangeBeyond “The Limits to Growth” Environmental Commissions: Global 2000 and Our Common FutureRoots of the Environmental CrisisCapitalism and Ideological Roots Unregulated Self-Interest and the Tragedy of the CommonsLand Degradation in the Mediterranean RegionPlanetary Boundaries: Beyond the Earth’s Limits in the AnthropoceneExtinctions and Biodiversity: Human Nature or Culture Scale Crisis?Tribal and Small-Scale Domestic EconomiesWealth in Tribal and Commercial WorldsBiological Potential and Cultural Demand in the Pacific NorthwestSociocultural Scale and the EnvironmentEcological FootprintsChapter 3Natural Resources and the Culture of ConsumptionEnergy and Culture: Basic ConsiderationsElite-Directors of the Energy Sector: The Power and Influence of Big OilCapitalism and the Culture of ConsumptionHistory of Capitalism European Origins of CapitalismCulture of OverconsumptionResource Consumption in AmericaTaking StockAmerica’s Forests as ResourcesEconomics of Resource DepletionSustainable Development and the Steady-State EconomyConsumption Culture’s Environmental Cost: Western CoalElite Decision Makers and the Consumption CultureChapter 4Malnutrition and the Evolution of Food SystemsMalthusian DilemmaEvolution of Food SystemsForaging and Subsistence SecurityShift to Farms and GardensDomestic Mode of Food ProductionTechnological Advances in Food ProductionPolitically Directed Food SystemsCommercialization of Grain: England, 1500–1700Famine in the Modern WorldGlobal MalnutritionPersistence of Food InsecurityGlobal Food Price Crisis of 2007–2008: Hunger and Land GrabsFood OverconsumptionPolitical Economy of Hunger: BangladeshChapter 5Commercial Factory-Food SystemsFactory-Food ProductionFactory Potatoes versus Swidden Sweet PotatoesCommercialization of the American Food System, 1850–1890Social Costs of the Food-Production SystemEnergy Costs of the Distribution SystemFood MarketingFood Quality and Market ScaleFactory-Processed Potato Chips versus Manioc Cakes Fishing, Global Trade, and “Ghost Acres”Limits of Food ProductionFood Chain Clusters: ABCD Four and the Great Turkey RecallChapter 6Population ProblemMaximum Global Population EstimatesGreat Waves of Population GrowthPopulation Pressure, Carrying Capacity, and Optimum PopulationPopulation Control among ForagersPopulation Equilibrium in Aboriginal AustraliaNeolithic Population ExplosionPopulation Control among Tribal Village FarmersIsland Population ProblemsCase of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) “Collapse”State Intervention and Population-Control MechanismsPolicy ImplicationsChapter 7Poverty and ConflictViolence and Insecurity in AmericaSocial Order in the Tribal WorldImportance of Social EqualityConflict and Conflict ResolutionLeadershipInternal Order in Politically Centralized SocietiesCross-Cultural Perspectives on WarScale of War and Violence in the Imperial and Commercial WorldsFiscal-Military State and Military-Industrial ComplexesDeadly Arsenals: The Nuclear Weapons ThreatFailing States and Social DisorderRoots of the Security Crisis: Culture, Overpopulation, or Inequality?Financialization Process and the Debt CrisisExport Sugar, Starvation, and Infant Mortality in BrazilState Terrorism and Investment Risk in GuatemalaOpulence and Deindustrialization in AmericaLos Angeles’s Informal Economy: The Costs of American Poverty and HomelessnessChapter 8The Future Dilemma of Scale Imagining the Global Future Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios American Intelligence Community FuturesGlobal Trends 2025: An American View of a Transformed WorldShell Oil’s Perspective on the FutureShell Oil’s 2050 Scenario: Emissions-Trading BlueprintsZero Carbon Britain 2030Bolivia: A Plurinational Communitary State Solving Human ProblemsSustainable Global FuturesTERRA-2000 and Information SocietyUN Global Environment Outlook 3 Global FuturesThe Great Transition InitiativeTransforming the CorporationMondragón CooperativesBhutan’s Middle PathToward a Sustainable Planetary SocietyScaling Down: The Small Nations AlternativeThe United States, Happy Planets, and BillionairesTransforming AmericaGlossaryBibliographyIndexAbout the AuthorWhat People are Saying About This
This fifth edition of Bodley's book, Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems, is a refreshing assessment of many of the contemporary problems that continue to challenge human beings in all sectors of the globe. It is a real tour-de-force and a major advancement over the earlier fourth edition. I'm particularly impressed by the manner in which Bodley places anthropology at the forefront in the search for solutions to the many problems facing humanity, including affluence and poverty, the environmental crisis, natural resource depletion versus sustainability, malnutrition, the evolution of food systems, problems of the factory food system, population problems, conflict, and the future.