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 Cultural Ecology Second Edition
Robert M. Netting
Offering the essentials of variation in subsistence technology and environment! This short, versatile book clearly and concisely illustrates the central concepts and general principles of cultural ecology. It introduces students to the topic of ecological anthropology by presenting illustrative ethnographic cases of hunter-gatherer, pastoralist, and agricultural societies. This treatment includes information on human-environment intervention, especially in the sections of East African pastoralism and peasant cultivation in Switzerland.
 $14.95 list, 131 pages 10-digit ISBN: 0-88133-204-6 13-digit ISBN: 978-0-88133-204-9 © 1986
“Netting’s book is still by far the best introduction to cultural ecology.” — Leslie E. Sponsel, University of Hawaii
“As readers go on to more complex writings, they will find that most of what they learned initially from Netting remains valid and intellectually useful.” — Robert McKinley, Michigan State University
1. Ecological Perspectives 2. Hunter-Gatherers Privation or Abundance? / Band Flexibility / Population Control / Territoriality 3. Northwest Coast Fishermen The Nature of the Environment / The Potlatch / Competition and the Control of Resources 4. East African Pastoralists The Cattle Complex / The Herding Habitat / Economizing with Cows / The Advantages of Large Herds / Pastoralist Personality / The Lineage: A Model of Society in the Mind or on the Ground? 5. Cultivators System and Knowledge in Non-Western Agriculture / Shifting and Intensive Techniques of Cultivation / Functional Links between Farming and Social Organization 6. Testing Ecological Explanations Field Methods / Cross-Cultural and Historical Comparison / Human Problems and the Relevance of Ecological Research / The Limitations of Ecology
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