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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

By: John H. Bodley

Using the cross-cultural, evolutionary, and multi-disciplinary perspectives that are unique to anthropology, this text examines contemporary civilization's most pressing problems and generates ideas for solutions and hope for the future.

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0759111383

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9780759111387

Victims of Progress

By: John H. Bodley

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Victims of Progress

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This compelling account of the effect of technology and development on indigenous peoples throughout the world examines major issues of intervention: social engineering, economic development, self-determination, health and disease, and ecocide. Victims of Progress provides a provocative context in which to think about civilization and its costs.

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0759111480

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Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System

By: John H. Bodley

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Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System

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John H. Bodley's Cultural Anthropology: Tribes, States, and the Global System, Seventh Edition, is intended for the introduction to cultural anthropology course taught at the freshman/sophomore level.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1538127903

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9781538127902

The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach

A Global History Approach

By: John Bodley

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The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach

A Global History Approach

By: John Bodley

Throughout history, the natural human inclination to accumulate social power has led to growth and scale increases that benefit the few at the expense of the many. John Bodley looks at global history through the lens of power and scale theory, and draws on history, economics, anthropology, and sociology to demonstrate how individuals have been the agents of social change, not social classes. Filled with tables and data to support his argument, this book considers how increases in scale necessarily lead to an increasingly small elite gaining disproportionate power, making democratic control more difficult to achieve and maintain.

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131745524X

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Victims of Progress

By: John H. Bodley

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Victims of Progress

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Victims of Progress, now in its sixth edition, offers a compelling account of how technology and development affect indigenous peoples throughout the world. Bodley’s expansive look at the struggle between small-scale indigenous societies, and the colonists and corporate developers who have infringed their territories reaches from 1800 into today. He examines major issues of intervention such as social engineering, economic development, self-determination, health and disease, global warming, and ecocide. Small-scale societies, Bodley convincingly demonstrates, have survived by organizing politically to defend their basic human rights. Providing a provocative context in which to think about civilization and its costs—shedding light on how we are all victims of progress—the sixth edition features expanded discussion of “uprising politics,” Tebtebba (a particularly active indigenous organization), and voluntary isolation. A wholly new chapter devotes full coverage to the costs of global warming to indigenous peoples in the Pacific and the Arctic. Finally, new appendixes guide readers to recent protest petitions as well as online resources and videos.

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1442226943

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Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System

By: John H. Bodley

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Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System

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This introductory text introduces basic concepts in cultural anthropology by comparing cultures of increasing scale and focusing on specific universal issues throughout human history. Cultural materials are presented in integrated ethnographic case studies organized by cultural and geographic areas to show how ideological, social organization, and material features fit together in specific sociocultural systems. Bodley explicitly seeks a balance between ecological-materialist and cultural-ideological explanations of sociocultural systems, while stressing the importance of individual power-seeking and human agency. Part One examines domestic-scale, autonomous tribal cultures. Part Two presents politically organized, class-based civilizations and ancient empires in the imperial world. Part Three surveys global, industrial, market-based civilizations in the contemporary commercial world. Cultural Anthropology uniquely challenges students to consider the big questions about the nature of cultural systems.

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0759118655

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9780759118652

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

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The Small Nation Solution

How the World's Smallest Nations Can Solve the World's Biggest Problems

By: John H. Bodley

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The Small Nation Solution

How the World's Smallest Nations Can Solve the World's Biggest Problems

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In The Small Nation Solution, eminent anthropologist John H. Bodley argues that the contemporary global problems of poverty, conflict, and environmental degradation are problems of scale and power. Bodley’s solution involves keeping nations small so as to limit the power of elite directors. It is a simple idea with profound implications. He spotlights successful small nations around the world as the best working models of sustainable sociocultural systems and shows how these diverse small nations can be the building blocks of a transformed global system that could save the world.

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0759122229

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The Small Nation Solution

How the World's Smallest Nations Can Solve the World's Biggest Problems

By: John H. Bodley

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The Small Nation Solution

How the World's Smallest Nations Can Solve the World's Biggest Problems

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Eminent anthropologist John H. Bodley spotlights successful small nations as models of how to address the contemporary global problems of poverty, conflict, and environmental degradation.

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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

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Victims of Progress

Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology

The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach

The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach

Victims of Progress

Victims of Progress

Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems

The Small Nation Solution

The Small Nation Solution

The Small Nation Solution

The Small Nation Solution

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