Affluence without abundance : the disappearing world of the bushmen
Suzman, James2017
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A vibrant portrait of the 'original affluent society' - the Bushmen of southern Africa - by the anthropologist who has spent the better part of the last twenty-five years documenting their encounter with modernity. If the success of a civilization is measured by its endurance over time, then the Bushmen of the Kalahari are by far the most successful in human history. A hunting and gathering people who made a good living by working only as much as needed to exist in harmony with their hostile desert environment, the Bushmen have lived in southern Africa since the evolution of our species nearly two hundred thousand years ago. In 'Affluence Without Abundance', anthropologist James Suzman asks whether understanding how hunter-gatherers like the Bushmen found contentment by having few needs easily met might help us address some of the environmental and economic challenges we face today.
Main title:
Author:
Suzman, James, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Collation:
320 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781632865724 (hbk)
Dewey class:
305.8961068305.896
LC class:
DT1058.S36
Local class:
305.896
Language:
English
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BRN:
1969868