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In the Society of Nature

A Native Ecology in Amazonia

In the Society of Nature( )
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
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $63.99
Book Description:

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.

Book Details
Pages:396
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Indigenous Studies
History / Latin America / South America
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.889 x 8.892 x 1.014 Inches
Book Weight:1.44 Pounds



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