| Against the Grain: The Vayda Tradition in Human Ecology and Ecological Anthropology Contributor(s): Walters, Bradley B. (Editor), McCay, Bonnie J. (Editor), West, Paige (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0759111723 ISBN-13: 9780759111721 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $124.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Against the Grain gathers scholars from across disciplines to explore the work of ecological anthropologist Andrew P. Vayda and the future of the study of human ecology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| LCCN: 2007049324 |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.3" W x 9.28" (1.61 lbs) 392 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To rise to the increasingly urgent challenge of understanding the relationship between human beings and the environment, scholars need to step back and re-evaluate their basic premises about how current explanations should shape the form and content of their research. Against the Grain addresses a variety of topics in the field of human ecology, including ecological anthropology, evolutionary psychology, environmental history, and geography, and challenges scholars to re-think the adequacy of their methods and assumptions. Andrew P. Vayda concludes the volume with a critical commentary on these issues and, more widely, on the subject of explanation. The result is an extremely useful and provocative pr cis for thinking about, re-evaluating, and rectifying scholarly research. |