The Resource Affluence without abundance : what we can learn from the world's most successful civilisation, James Suzman
Affluence without abundance : what we can learn from the world's most successful civilisation, James Suzman
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- Summary
- 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
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- eng
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- Affluence without abundance : what we can learn from the world's most successful civilisation
- Title
- Affluence without abundance
- Title remainder
- what we can learn from the world's most successful civilisation
- Statement of responsibility
- James Suzman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
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- Suzman, James
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- 305.8'961'068
- 305.8'961'068
- 305.8961068
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- Literary form
- non fiction
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- San (African people)
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- Affluence without abundance : what we can learn from the world's most successful civilisation, James Suzman
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- Control code
- 9781526609311
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781526609311
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- illustrations (colour), maps (black and white)
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- Affluence without abundance : what we can learn from the world's most successful civilisation, James Suzman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781526609311
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781526609311
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (colour), maps (black and white)
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