Anthropology 211 (Advanced Topics
in Cultural Ecology):
Cultural Ecology Classics and Their Consequences
[Winter Quarter 2006; CRN#73691; TR 9:00-11:50]
Bibliography: Reviews, Programmatic Statements and Collections
Articles back to top
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Anthologies back to top
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Book-length Reviews and Syntheses back to top
Bennett, J.W. (1976) The Ecological Transition: Cultural Anthropology and Human Adaptation. New York: Pergamon Press.
Ellen, R. (1982) Environment, Subsistence and System: The Ecology of Small-scale Social Formations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Netting, R.M. (1993) Smallholders, Householders: Farm Families and the Ecology of Intensive, Sustainable Agriculture. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
