| Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader on Hunter-Gatherer Economics and the Environment Contributor(s): Gowdy, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 155963555X ISBN-13: 9781559635554 Publisher: Island Press OUR PRICE: $57.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1997 Annotation: For roughly 99% of their existence on earth, Homo sapiens lived as small bands of hunter-gatherers in societies that appear to have solved problems of production, distribution, social equity, and environmental sustainability that our own culture seems incapable of addressing. Limited Wants, Unlimited Means examines the hunter-gatherer society and lifestyle, providing a brief introduction to the rich literature on non-agricultural societies. It examines the economics of traditional societies and presents a multifaceted investigation of how such societies function and what that can teach us in our own quest for sustainability and equality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology |
| Dewey: 306.364 |
| LCCN: 97032425 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 378 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anthropologists turn the favorite idiom of economists on its head and argue that the environmental destruction of modern society is not viable, inevitable or even particularly enviable. They produce evidence that hunter-gatherers needed little, wanted little, for the most part had all the means to s |
Contributor Bio(s): Gowdy, John: - John Gowdy is Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. |