Environmental anthropology : future directions /

This edited volume lives up to its name. It includes 12 essays and studies, ranging from ethnography that goes in new directions (urban residents, water pollution) to highly innovative and important theoretical pieces. Particularly notable studies include coeditor Kopnina's essay on environmental education, a field almost unstudied in anthropology; Merrill Singer and Jacqueline Evans's study of water pollution in the context of environmental justice; Ann McElroy's latest piece in her continuing research on the fast-changing problems of Inuit health in the Arctic; and Joshua Lockyer's study of bioregionalism in anthropological theory. Especially important to the whole field of anthropology is Andrew Vayda's essay on cause, causation, and causal thinking. Several other essays that excel in both innovative approach and important research findings round out the volume. For graduate students and professionals in this field, and for professionals working on environmental and development issues across cultural lines. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. E. N. Anderson emeritus, University of California, Riverside