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Man and nature; an anthropological essay in human ecology

Author: Richard A Watson; Patty Jo Watson
Publisher: New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1969]
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Hypothetical models of eight ways of life synthesized from factual information about the interaction of selected primates with the physical environment.
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Watson, Richard A., 1931-
Man and nature.
New York, Harcourt, Brace & World [1969]
(OCoLC)565102439
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard A Watson; Patty Jo Watson
ISBN: 0155547259 9780155547254
OCLC Number: 48328
Description: xii, 172 p. 21 cm.
Contents: pt. I. Introduction --
1. Methodology. 2. Definitions: man, culture, and nature --
pt. II. Ways of life --
A. Control by nature --
3. The nonhuman primate --
4. The Protohuman --
5. Elemental man --
B. Alteration of nature --
6. The advanced hunter and gatherer --
C. Control of nature --
7. The domesticator of plants and animals --
8. The advanced food producer --
9. Industrial man --
10. Atomic man --
pt. III. Applications and evaluations --
11. The use of models in anthropology --
12. Human ecology.
Responsibility: [by] Richard A. Watson [and] Patty Jo Watson.

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Hypothetical models of eight ways of life synthesized from factual information about the interaction of selected primates with the physical environment.

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