Nature And Man In South East Asia
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Author | : Karl L. Hutterer |
Publisher | : U OF M CENTER FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN STUDI |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 1985-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0891480390 |
Ecologists have long based their conceptual frameworks in the natural sciences. Recently, however, they have acknowledged that ecosystems cannot be understood without taking into account human interventions that may have taken place for thousands of years. And for their part, social scientists have recognized that human behavior must be understood in the environment in which it is acted out. Researchers have thus begun to develop the area of “human ecology.” Yet human ecology needs suitable conceptual frameworks to tie the human and natural together. In response, Cultural Values and Human Ecology uses the framework of cultural values to collect a set of highly diverse contributions to the field of human ecology. Values represent an important and essential aspect of the intellectual organization of a society, integrated into and ordained by the over-arching cosmological system, and constituting the meaningful basis for action, in terms of concreteness and abstraction of content as well as mutability and permanence. Because of this balance, values lend themselves to the kinds of analyses of ecological relationships conducted here, those that demand a reasonable amount of specificity as well as historical stability. The contributions to Cultural Values and Human Ecology are exceedingly diverse. They include abstract theoretical discussions and specific case studies, ranging across the landscape of Southeast Asia from the islands to southern China. They deal with hunting-gathering populations as well as peasants operating within contemporary nation-states, and they are the work of natural scientists, social scientists, and humanists of Western and Asian origin. Diversity in the backgrounds of the authors contributes most to the varied approaches to the theme of this volume, because differences in cultural background and academic tradition will lead to different research interests and to differences in the empirical approaches chosen to pursue given problems.
Author | : P. A. Stott |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2005-12-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1135752796 |
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Philip Anthony Stott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 183 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Human geography |
ISBN | : |
Author | : P. A. Stott |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2005-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 113575280X |
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Joseph Nevins |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2018-09-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1501732277 |
Recent changes in the global economy and in Southeast Asian national political economies have led to new forms of commodity production and new commodities. Using insights from political economy and commodity studies, the essays in Taking Southeast Asia to Market trace the myriad ways recent alignments among producers, distributors, and consumers are affecting people and nature throughout the region. In case studies ranging from coffee and hardwood products to mushroom pickers and Vietnamese factory workers, the authors detail the Southeast Asian articulations of these processes while also discussing the broader implications of these shifts. Taken together, the cases show how commodities illuminate the convergence of changing social forces in Southeast Asia today, as they transform the terms, practices, and experiences of everyday life and politics in the global economy.
Author | : Kathleen M. Adams |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2011-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0253223210 |
This lively survey of the peoples, cultures, and societies of Southeast Asia introduces a region of tremendous geographic, linguistic, historical, and religious diversity. Encompassing both mainland and island countries, these engaging essays describe personhood and identity, family and household organization, nation-states, religion, popular culture and the arts, the legacies of war and recovery, globalization, and the environment. Throughout, the focus is on the daily lives and experiences of ordinary people. Most of the essays are original to this volume, while a few are widely taught classics. All were chosen for their timeliness and interest, and are ideally suited for the classroom.
Author | : Victor T. King |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | : 0700706151 |
Among the themes discussed in this text are: European and indigenous perceptions of the environment; historical processes of environmental change; the politics of resource use; ecotourism and development; deforestation and smallholding.
Author | : Peter Boomgaard |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2006-12-14 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1851094245 |
From Angkor Wat to Agent Orange, Southeast Asia An Environmental History tells the story of some of the most dramatic effects humans have had on the natural and developed environment anywhere in the world and examines the ways in which environmental factors have helped shape the culture, politics, and societies of the region. Ever since the first humanlike creatures arrived some 80,000 years ago, Southeast Asia's varied and challenging environment has helped shape the course of human destiny. From the importance of its spices to 17th-century Europeans to the jungle canopies that sheltered Communist insurgents throughout much of the 20th century, the region's environment has often proven decisive in human affairs. Packed with key facts and analysis, Southeast Asia provides an expert guide to the complex interplay between human societies and the environment from Burma to the Philippines and from Vietnam to Indonesia. How has the environment helped shape politics, trade, and religion? What are the likely consequences of ongoing deforestation for Southeast Asia's people and animals? Part of ABC-CLIO's Nature and Human Societies series, this work charts the region's environmental history from prehistory to modern times and is essential reading for students and experts alike.
Author | : Jeffrey A. McNeely |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1995-04-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780824816698 |
Anecdotes, facts, and observations on the role animals play in the daily life of Southeast Asian villages.
Author | : Victor R. Savage |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Asia, Southeastern |
ISBN | : |