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List of Figures and Tables | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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What Is Cultural Ecology? | |
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Anthropology | |
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The Study of Human Ecology | |
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A History of Thought on Culture and Environment | |
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The Rise of Cultural Ecology | |
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Thus... | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Fundamentals of Ecology | |
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The Environment | |
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Niche and Habitat | |
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Resources | |
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Energy | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Human Biological Ecology | |
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Humans as Animals | |
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Biological Adaptations | |
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Human Population Regulation | |
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Nutrition | |
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Evolutionary Ecology | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Cultural Ecology | |
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Human Capabilities | |
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Culture as an Adaptive Mechanism | |
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Traditional Knowledge Systems | |
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Human Control of the Environment | |
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Decision Making | |
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A Concluding Thought on Management | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Hunting and Gathering | |
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Hunter-Gatherer Classification | |
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The Hunter-Gatherer Stereotype | |
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Bias in Hunter-Gatherer Studies | |
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Population | |
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Settlement and Subsistence | |
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Environmental Manipulation and Resource Management | |
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Relations with other Groups | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Case Study 5.1: The Nuu-chah-nulth of British Columbia | |
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Case Study 5.2: The Mbuti of the Ituri Forest | |
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The Origins of Food Production | |
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Agricultural Domestication | |
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The Transition to Farming | |
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On the Origin of Agriculture | |
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Types of Agriculture | |
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The Impact of Agriculture | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Horticulture | |
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Horticultral Techniques | |
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Use of Wild Resources | |
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Environmental Manipulation and Resource Management | |
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Relations with Other Groups | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Case Study 7.1: The Grand Valley Dani of Highland New Guinea | |
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Case Study 7.2: The Lozi of Western Zambia | |
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Pastoralism | |
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General Sociopolitical Organization | |
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Types of Pastoralism | |
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The Geography of Pastoralism | |
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The Origin of Pastoralism | |
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Some Parameters of Pastoralism | |
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Use of Nonpastoral Products | |
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Environmental Manipulation and Resource Management | |
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Relations with Other Groups | |
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A Note on the Impact of Grazing | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Case Study 8.1: The Maasai: Pastoralists in East Africa | |
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Case Study 8.2: The Navajo: Pastoralists of the American Southwest | |
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Case Study 8.3: Cattle Ranchers in the American West, by Kimberly Hedrick | |
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Intensive Agriculture | |
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Changes in Scale | |
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Techniques of Intensive Agriculture | |
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Contemporary Industrialized Agriculture | |
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Environmental Manipulation and Resource Management | |
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Relations with Other Groups | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Case Study 9.1: Mountains and Water: The Traditional Agricultural System along South Coastal China | |
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Case Study 9.2: The Maya Agricultural System | |
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Current Issues and Problems | |
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The Tragedy of the Commons | |
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Agricultural Involution | |
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Agricultural Development and Intensification | |
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The Rainforest Dilemma | |
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The General Problem | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Key Terms | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |