Richard B. Lee

The Kung San

Men, Women and Work in a Foraging Society

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An ecological and historical study, this is Professor Lee's major statement on his research of hunting and gathering communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 556
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 892g
• ISBN-13: 9780521295611
• ISBN-10: 0521295610
• Artikelnr.: 26222183

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
Preface
Note on orthography
Introduction: !Kung ecology and society
1. Fieldwork with the !Kung
2. San, Bushman, Basarwa: a question of names
3. The Dobe area: its people and their history
4. The environment
5. Technology and the organisation of production
6. An inventory of plant resources
7. The mongongo
8. Hunting
9. Men, women and work
10. The allocation of nutritional stress
11. Production and reproduction
12. Ownership, leadership and the use of space
13. Conflict and violence
14. Economic and social change in the 1960s and 1970s
15. The lessons of the !Kung
Appendix A-E
Bibliography
Index.