Niccolo Leo Caldararo

The Anthropology of Complex Economic Systems

Inequality, Stability, and Cycles of Crisis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By bringing together economic anthropology, ecology, and culture history, The Anthropology of Complex Economic Systems not only proposes a new model of human social evolution, but equally importantly creates a methodology for speaking to, and against, our present economic and environmental situation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780739169711
• ISBN-10: 0739169718
• Artikelnr.: 39339215

Autorenporträt

Niccolo Leo Caldararo, PhD, is a lecturer at San Francisco State University. He is also the owner, director, and founder of Conservation Art Service.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Anthropology and Economics: A
Review Chapter 1: Anthropology and the Cosmology of Modern Economics
Chapter 2: Wants, Needs, and the Question of Surplus versus Wealth Chapter
3: Complexity and Stability or Stagnation: Declining Returns and the
Business Cycle Chapter 4: Wealth, Consumption, Quality of Life & Standard
of Living Part II: Introduction to Hominid Economics Chapter 6:
Introduction Chapter 7: Forest Fires, Origins, and Myths Chapter 8:
Traditional Peoples and Fire Chapter 9: Climate and Fire, Assessing Time's
Arrow and the Antiquity of Anthropogenic Fire Chapter 10: Forest Management
in Modern and Traditional Society Chapter 11: The Degraded Environment and
Homo Sapiens Chapter 12: Co-evolutionary Processes & Environmental
Exploitation Chapter 13: Makeup and Nature of Forests: Fire-adapted Species
vs 'Old Growth' Chapter 14: Determining Fire History: Fire Scars, Fire
Histories, and Thermal Alteration Chapter 15: Insects, Biomass Reduction,
and Pesticides Chapter 16: Conclusion: Forests and the Future Man Part III:
Cycles of Growth & Collapse versus the Possibility of Sustainable Societies
Chapter 17: Introduction Chapter 18: The Problem of Population & the Nature
of Human Society Chapter 19: Consumerism and Sustainability: Japan as an
Example Chapter 20: The Evolution of Modern Japan and its Transformation
Part IV: The Role of Ideology and Religious Precepts in the Containment and
Change of Society: A Modernist View Chapter 21: The Credit Crisis of 2008
to 201? Chapter 22: Ideology and Religious Precepts and Motivations: Why
People Work Chapter 23: Fundamentalism versus Globalism Part V: Conclusion
Bibliography Index About the Author