Cultural forests of the Amazon : a historical ecology of people and their landscapes / William Balée.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balée, William L., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urubu Kaapor Indians--Ethnobotany.

Urubu Kaapor Indians.

Urubu Kaapor Indians--Philosophy.

Urubu Kaapor Indians--Social conditions.

Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Amazon River Region.

Indigenous peoples.

Traditional ecological knowledge--Amazon River Region.

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Cultural landscapes--Amazon River Region.

Cultural landscapes.

Rain forest ecology--Amazon River Region.

Rain forest ecology.

Amazon River Region--Social conditions.

Amazon River Region.

Amazon River Region--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal impact on Amazon forests, once considered to be total wildernesses. William Balée's research, conducted over a span of three decades, shows a more complicated truth. In Cultural Forests of the Amazon, he argues that indigenous people,

Contents:

pt. I. Landscape transformations : overview

pt. II. Contact and attrition : overview

pt. III. Indigenous savoir faire : overview

pt. IV. Dimensions of diversity : overview.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817386559

0817386556

OCLC:

855969739

Publisher Number:

heb40441 hdl