Hunters and Gatherers (Vol I): Vol I: History, Evolution and Social Change - Paperback

by Tim Ingold (Editor), David Riches (Editor), James Woodburn (Editor)

All that is central to the dynamic process in human society is evident in the study of hunter-gatherers - peoples whose subsistence way of life reflects the original form of human adaptation. This is the thesis of these wide-ranging volumes in which internationally leading scholars consider hunter-gatherer peoples in Africa, Asia, Australia and North America and reflect theoretically on the hunter-gatherer condition.Volume 1: Hunters and Gatherers - History, Evolution and Social ChangeVolume II: Hunters and Gatherers - Property, Power and Ideology

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The chapters in this book set aside once and for all the view that hunter-gatherer society is unchanging and alters only in response to external impacts. Social change is without doubt inherent even at the level of the most basic human community. Such dynamics can be understood only by examining both the nature of the social relationship the strategies and techniques of food-getting.

Author Biography

Tim Ingold Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester Riches David Riches Department of Social Anthropology, University of St. Andrews James Woodburn Department of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics