Contrary to ingrained academic and public assumptions, wherein indigenous lowland South American societies are viewed as the product of historical emplacement and spatial stasis, there is widespread evidence to suggest that migration and displacement have been the norm, and not the exception. This original and thought-provoking collection of case studies examines some of the ways in which migration, and the concomitant processes of ecological and social change, have shaped and continue to shape human-environment relations in Amazonia. Drawing on a wide range of historical time frames (from pre-conquest times to the present) and ethnographic contexts, different chapters examine the complex and important links between migration and the classification, management, and domestication of plants and landscapes, as well as the incorporation and transformation of environmental knowledge, practices, ideologies and identities.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Miguel N. Alexiades is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology, University of Kent, Canterbury (UK) and the Cultural Landscapes and Resource Rights Program Manager at People and Plants International (PPI). He is the editor of Selected Guidelines for Ethnobotanical Research: A Field Manual (1996, New York Botanical Garden Press) and Forest Products, Livelihoods and Conservation: Case-Studies of NTFP Systems (2004, Center for International Forestry Research).
Book by None
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 20,00
Da: Svezia a: U.S.A.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 6,97
In U.S.A.
Da: Gold Country Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: New. New. Pristine, unmarked. 15 figures, 10 tables. // Shipped carefully packed in a sturdy box. Codice articolo 017803
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Spegelglas, Stockholm, Svezia
Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Hardcover. Illustrated with maps in black and white. TExt in English. XVIII+310 pp. Condition: Near Fine. Codice articolo 184
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo CX-9781845455637
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Da: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Regno Unito
HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo CX-9781845455637
Quantità: 15 disponibili
Da: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Regno Unito
Hardback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Codice articolo B9781845455637
Quantità: 5 disponibili
Da: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condizione: new. This item is printed on demand. Codice articolo 9781845455637
Quantità: 10 disponibili
Da: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Regno Unito
Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. book. Codice articolo D7F5-8-M-1845455630-5
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Da: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condizione: New. Codice articolo ABLIING23Mar2912160240271
Quantità: Più di 20 disponibili
Da: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Codice articolo 6235386
Quantità: 5 disponibili
Da: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Regno Unito
Hardback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Codice articolo C9781845455637
Quantità: 5 disponibili