Ethnobiological Classification Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies |
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Author:
| Berlin, Brent |
Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-60126-7 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $84.99 |
Book Description:
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A founder of and leading thinker in the field of modern ethnobiology looks at the widespread regularities in the classification and naming of plants and animals among peoples of traditional, nonliterate societies--regularities that persist across local environments, cultures, societies, and languages. Brent Berlin maintains that these patterns can
A founder of and leading thinker in the field of modern ethnobiology looks at the widespread regularities in the classification and naming of plants and animals among peoples of traditional, nonliterate societies--regularities that persist across local environments, cultures, societies, and languages. Brent Berlin maintains that these patterns can