In the Society of Nature A Native Ecology in Amazonia |
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Author:
| Descola, Philippe |
Contribution by:
| Fortes, Meyer Goody, Jack Leach, Edmund Tambiah, Stanley |
Translator:
| Scott, Nora |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-57467-9 |
Publication Date: | Aug 1996 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $63.99 |
Book Description:
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The author documents the Achuar Indians of the Upper Amazon knowledge of the environment, and explains how it is interwoven with cosmological ideas that endow nature with the characteristics of society.
The author documents the Achuar Indians of the Upper Amazon knowledge of the environment, and explains how it is interwoven with cosmological ideas that endow nature with the characteristics of society.