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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems (Fifth Edition)
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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems (Fifth Edition) Soft cover - 2008

by Bodley, John H

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Lanham: Altamira Press, 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Apart from an ownership signature on the front end paper, the book is as new. xv, 381 pages, indexed. "Resource depletion, global warming, escalating energy costs, poverty, conflict. As human life becomes increasingly complicated, cultural anthropologist John H. Bodley presents a work that closes in on the social and environmental problems of our time and explores the deleterious global reaches of unsustainable growth in production and consumption. "Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems addresses the contemporary reader interested in social science and history, environmental studies, globalization, and the political economy, revealing the development of humanity and out global prospectus for the future." (Back Cover) ontents: Anthropological perspectives on contemporary human problems Scale, adaptation, and the environmental crisis Natural resources and the culture of consumption Malnutrition and the evolution of food systems Commercial factory food systems The population problem Poverty and conflict The future.
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  • Title Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems (Fifth Edition)
  • Author Bodley, John H
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition Fifth Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 381
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Altamira Press, Lanham
  • Date 2008
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 018222
  • ISBN 9780759111387 / 0759111383
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.92 x 5.97 x 0.95 in (22.66 x 15.16 x 2.41 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Ethnology, Human ecology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007025062
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306

From the publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-361) and index

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About the author

John H. Bodley is a cultural anthropologist and Regents Professor at Washington State University and author of Victims of Progress and Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System.