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Nature wars : essays around a contested concept /

"Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several deca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ellen, R. F., 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, [2021].
Colección:Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 27.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several decades. Made up of ten of Roy Ellen's finest articles, this book looks back at his ideas about nature and includes a new introduction that contextualizes the arguments and takes them forward. Many of the chapters focus on research the author has conducted amongst the Nuaulu people of eastern Indonesia"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:178920898X
9781789208986