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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems, Hardback Book

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems Hardback

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We live in a time of global mega-problems of unsustainable growth and consumption, resource depletion, ecosystem degradation, global warming, escalating energy costs, poverty, and conflict.

Cultural anthropologist John H. Bodley trenchantly critiques these most pressing issues and shows how anthropology makes it possible to find solutions.

The focus on culture scale suggests that many solutions may be found by developing local communities supported by regional markets and ecosystems, rather than by making the continuous accumulation of financial capital the dominant cultural process throughout the world. Now in its sixth edition, this classic textbook continues to have tremendous relevance and is more timely than ever in light of the recent global economic crisis.

It exposes readers to the problems of a world out of balance with misdirected growth by the elite.

Bodley offers examples from prehistoric and modern tribal societies along side of ancient imperial and contemporary commercial societies.

Students will find this to be the trusted source to build a world view.

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems is ideal for adoption in anthropology and sociology courses on globalization, cultural ecology, social class and inequality, the environment, sustainability, and development.

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