Natural Enemies Natural Enemies
European Association of Social Anthropologists

Natural Enemies

People-Wildlife Conflicts in Anthropological Perspective

    • USD 57.99
    • USD 57.99

Descripción editorial

Wild animals raid crops, attack livestock, and sometimes threaten people. Conflicts with wildlife are widespread, assume a variety of forms, and elicit a range of human responses. Wildlife pests are frequently demonized and resisted by local communities while routinely 'controlled' by state authorities. However, to the great concern of conservationists, the history of many people-wildlife conflicts lies in human encroachment into wildlife territory.
In Natural Enemies the authors place the analytical focus on the human dimension of these conflicts - an area often neglected by specialists in applied ecology and wildlife management - and on their social and political contexts. Case studies of specific conflicts are drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe and America, and feature an assortment of wild animals, including chimpanzees, elephants, wild pigs, foxes, bears, wolves, pigeons and ducks.
These anthropologists challenge the narrow utilitarian view of wildlife pestilence by revealing the cultural character of many of our 'natural enemies'. Their reports from the 'front-line' expose one fact - human conflict with wildlife is often an expression of conflict between people.

GÉNERO
No ficción
PUBLICADO
2013
11 de enero
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
272
Páginas
EDITORIAL
Taylor & Francis
VENDEDOR
Taylor & Francis Group
TAMAÑO
2.1
MB

Más libros de John Knight

The DevOps Career Handbook The DevOps Career Handbook
2022
Pacific Oceans 11 Pacific Oceans 11
2022
The DevOps Career Handbook The DevOps Career Handbook
2022
Biden the Book That Will Change the World Biden the Book That Will Change the World
2021
Animals in Person Animals in Person
2020
Cómo aumentar o construir su puntaje de crédito en un mes Cómo aumentar o construir su puntaje de crédito en un mes
2021

Otros libros de esta serie

Understanding Rituals Understanding Rituals
2002
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Adoption Cross-Cultural Approaches to Adoption
2004
Anthropology of Policy Anthropology of Policy
2003
Audit Cultures Audit Cultures
2003
Dividends of Kinship Dividends of Kinship
2003
Locality and Belonging Locality and Belonging
2003