The cultural and even physical extinction of the world's remaining tribal people is a disturbing phenomenon of our time. In his study of the Batak of the Philippines, James Eder explores the adaptive limits of small human populations facing the ecological changes, social stresses, and cultural disruptions attending incorporation into broader socioeconomic systems.

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The cultural and even physical extinction of the world's remaining tribal people is a disturbing phenomenon of our time. In his study of the Batak of the Philippines, James Eder explores the adaptive limits of small human populations facing the ecological

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James F. Eder is Professor of Anthropology at Arizona State University, Tempe.

Titel
On the Road to Tribal Extinction
Untertitel
Depopulation, Deculturation, and Adaptive Well-Being Among the Batak of the Philippines
EAN
9780520912755
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
01.09.2023
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292