Economies and the Transformation of LandscapeLisa Cliggett, Christopher A. Pool Rowman Altamira, 2008 - 327 sider The theme of this volume is change, specifically the dynamic relationship between physical landscapes and economic practices. The contributors to Economies and the Transformation of Landscape consider the relationship between the environment and human activity--from different perspectives and with regard to varied timescales--to arrive at various understandings of economical-ecological transformations and what they can reveal about human culture. While each chapter stands on its own, offering detailed insights into particular cases, the volume as a whole challenges us to think broadly, and reflexively, about how human action affects the environment and changes to the environment affect human action. |
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Introduction Economies and the Transformation of Landscapes | 1 |
ENGINEERED LANDSCAPES IN HISTORICAL FRAMES | 17 |
The Engineered Landscapes of Irrigation | 19 |
Reading History in an Irrigated Landscape The Drama of the Commons in the Andes | 47 |
Household Labor and Landscape Transformation in Ancient Mixteca Alta Oaxaca Mexico | 77 |
Mining and Ranching on the Landscape of Southwestern New Mexico 18502005 | 103 |
TRANSFORMATIONS POLITICAL STRATEGIES AND DECISION MAKING | 125 |
From Foraging to Farming The Emergence of Exclusive Property Rights in Kentucky Prehistory | 127 |
Coffee Abolition and Immigration Driving Forces in NineteenthCentury Brazilian Landscape Transformation | 193 |
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND INSTITUTIONAL INTERACTIONS | 215 |
Unsettled Landscapes Settlement Patterns and the Development of Social Inequality in Northern Iceland | 217 |
The Decentralized Landscape Regional Wealth and the Expansion of Production in Northern Tanzania before the Eve of Colonialism | 239 |
Maya Handicraft Vendors Crime and the Social Reconstruction of Market Spaces in a Tourism Town | 267 |
The Commercial Transformation of a Philippine Cityscape A Case from San Fernando City La Union | 291 |
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About the Editors | 321 |
Pastures Lost The Decline of Mobile Pastoralism among Maasai and Rendille in Kenya East Africa | 149 |
Landscape Acts and Property Regimes in the Ecuadorean Amazon | 169 |
About the Contributors | 323 |
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