Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems (Fifth Edition)

Lanham: Altamira Press, 2008. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Apart from an ownership signature on the front end paper, the book is as new. xv, 381 pages, indexed. "Resource depletion, global warming, escalating energy costs, poverty, conflict. As human life becomes increasingly complicated, cultural anthropologist John H. Bodley presents a work that closes in on the social and environmental problems of our time and explores the deleterious global reaches of unsustainable growth in production and consumption. "Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems addresses the contemporary reader interested in social science and history, environmental studies, globalization, and the political economy, revealing the development of humanity and out global prospectus for the future." (Back Cover) ontents: Anthropological perspectives on contemporary human problems Scale, adaptation, and the environmental crisis Natural resources and the culture of consumption Malnutrition and the evolution of food systems Commercial factory food systems The population problem Poverty and conflict The future.