Cultural Forests of the Amazon : a Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes /

Cultural Forests of the Amazon : a Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes /

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Author / Creator:Balée, William L., 1954-
Imprint:Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, ©2013.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 268 pages) : illustrations, map
Language:English
Subject:
Urubu Kaapor Indians -- Ethnobotany.
Urubu Kaapor Indians -- Philosophy.
Urubu Kaapor Indians -- Social conditions.
Ethnoecology -- Amazon River Region.
Traditional ecological knowledge -- Amazon River Region.
Cultural landscapes -- Amazon River Region.
Rain forest ecology -- Amazon River Region.
Cultural landscapes.
Ecology.
Ethnoecology.
Rain forest ecology.
Social conditions.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Amazon River Region -- Social conditions.
Amazon River Region -- Environmental conditions.
Amazon River Region.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11202957
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ISBN:9780817386559
0817386556
9780817317867
0817317864
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-247) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This book is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal impact on Amazon forests, once considered to be total wildernesses. The author's research, conducted over a span of three decades, shows a more complicated truth. He argues that indigenous people, past and present, have time and time again profoundly transformed nature into culture. Moreover, they have done so using their traditional knowledge and technology developed over thousands of years.
Other form:Print version: Balée, William. Cultural Forests of the Amazon : A Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2013 9780817317867

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