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Environment and cultural behavior:

ecological studies in cultural anthropology
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Published for American Museum of Natural History [by] Natural History Press, 1969 - Antropologia cultural - 485 pages

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A nice collection of old essays that provide a glimpse of the human-environment connection as theorized historically within anthropology. The essays are much varied in topics and approaches to nature ... Read full review

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TitleEnvironment and cultural behavior: ecological studies in cultural anthropology
American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology
Ecological studies in cultural anthropology
AuthorAmerican Museum of Natural History
EditorAndrew Peter Vayda
Compiled byAndrew Peter Vayda
PublisherPublished for American Museum of Natural History [by] Natural History Press, 1969
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized15 Jul 2008
Length485 pages
SubjectsAntropologia cultural
Ecologia
Ethnology
Human beings
Human ecology
Man
Nature
  
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