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Cultivating Arctic Landscapes: Knowing and Managing Animals in the Circumpolar North
Contributor(s): Anderson, David G. (Editor), Nuttall, Mark (Editor)
ISBN: 1571815740     ISBN-13: 9781571815743
Publisher: Berghahn Books
OUR PRICE:   $128.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2004
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry
- Science | Life Sciences - Ecology
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
Dewey: 636.009
LCCN: 2003063590
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.13 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
 
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Publisher Description:

In the last two decades, there has been an increased awareness of the traditions and issues that link aboriginal people across the circumpolar North. One of the key aspects of the lives of circumpolar peoples, be they in Scandinavia, Alaska, Russia, or Canada, is their relationship to the wild animals that support them. Although divided for most of the 20th Century by various national trading blocks, and the Cold War, aboriginal people in each region share common stories about the various capitalist and socialist states that claimed control over their lands and animals. Now, aboriginal peoples throughout the region are reclaiming their rights.

This volume is the first to give a well-rounded portrait of wildlife management, aboriginal rights, and politics in the circumpolar north. The book reveals unexpected continuities between socialist and capitalist ecological styles, as well as addressing the problems facing a new era of cultural exchanges between aboriginal peoples in each region.


Contributor Bio(s): Nuttall, Mark: -

Mark Nuttall is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen.

Anderson, David G.: -

David G. Anderson is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen.