The Anthropology of Climate Change: An Historical Reader (Wiley Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)

This timely anthology brings together for the first time the most important ancient, medieval, Enlightenment, and modern scholarship for a complete anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change. Brings together for the first time the most important classical works and contemporary scholarship for a complete historical anthropological evaluation of the relationship between culture and climate change Covers the historic and prehistoric records of human impact from and response to prior periods of climate change, including the impact and response to climate change at the local level Discusses the impact on global debates about climate change from North-South post-colonial histories and the social dimensions of the science of climate change. Includes coverage of topics such as environmental determinism, climatic events as social catalysts, climatic disasters and societal collapse, and ethno-meteorology An ideal text for courses in climate change, human/cultural ecology, environmental anthropology and archaeology, disaster studies, environmental sciences, science and technology studies, history of science, and conservation and development studies The Contemporary Field Of Research And Policy On Climate Change Is Dominated By A Presentist Bias, Which Ignores Insights From Millennia Of Scholarly Attention To The Relationship Between Climate And Society. This Volume Seeks To Redress This Bias By Reprinting Studies Of The Anthropology Of Climate And Climate Change From Early 20th-century To Early 21st-century Anthropology, Including Some Classical Works That Have Influenced Anthropological Thinking About Climate. These Studies Reflect The Unique Contribution That Anthropology Can Make To The Field Of Climate Change, Through Study Of (1) Historic And Prehistoric Records Of Human Impact From And Response To Prior Periods Of Climate Perturbation And Change, (2) The Impact From And Response To Climate Change At The Local, Community Level, (3) The Impact On Global Debates About Climate Change From North-south Post-colonial Histories, And (4) The Social Dimensions Of Climate Change Science. Covers The Historic And Prehistoric Records Of Human Impact From And Response To Prior Periods Of Climate Change, Including The Impact And Response To Climate Change At The Local Level; Discusses The Impact On Global Debates About Climate Change From North-south Post-colonial Histories And The Social Dimensions Of The Science Of Climate Change. Includes Coverage Of Topics Such As Environmental Determinism, Climatic Events As Social Catalysts, Climatic Disasters And Societal Collapse, And Ethno-meteorology. Available As An E-text And On Coursesmart. An Ideal Text For Courses In Climate Change, Human/cultural Ecology, Environmental Anthropology And Archaeology, Disaster Studies, Environmental Sciences, Science And Technology Studies, History Of Science, And Conservation And Development Studies. Machine Generated Contents Note: Six Millennia Of Study Of The Relationship Between Climate And Society -- Climate Theory / Michael R. Dove -- 1. Airs, Waters, Places / Michael R. Dove -- 2. On The Laws In Their Relation To The Nature Of The Climate / Hippocrates -- Beyond The Greco-roman Tradition / Charles De Secondat Montesquieu -- 3. The Muqaddimah: An Introduction To History / Charles De Secondat Montesquieu -- 4. The Jungle And The Aroma Of Meats: An Ecological Theme In Hindu Medicine / Ibn Khaldun -- Ethno-climatology / Francis Zimmermann -- 5. Concerning Weather Signs / Francis Zimmermann -- 6. Gruff Boreas, Deadly Calms: A Medical Perspective On Winds And The Victorians / Theophrastus -- Environmental Determinism / Vladimir Jankovic -- 7. Nature, Rise, And Spread Of Civilization / Vladimir Jankovic. 8. Environment And Culture In The Amazon Basin: An Appraisal Of The Theory Of Environmental Determinism / Friedrich Ratzel -- Climate Change And Societal Collapse / Betty J. Meggers -- 9. Management For Extinction In Norse Greenland / Betty J. Meggers -- 10. What Drives Societal Collapse? / Thomas H. Mcgovern -- Climatic Events As Social Crucibles / Raymond Bradley / Harvey Weiss -- 11. Natural Disaster And Political Crisis In A Polynesian Society: An Exploration Of Operational Research / Harvey Weiss / Raymond Bradley -- 12. Drought As A Revelatory Crisis: An Exploration Of Shifting Entitlements And Hierarchies In The Kalahari, Botswana / James Spillius -- Culture And Control Of Climate / Jacqueline S. Solway -- 13. Rain-shrines Of The Plateau Tonga Of Northern Rhodesia / Jacqueline S. Solway -- 14. El Niño, Early Peruvian Civilization, And Human Agency: Some Thoughts From The Lurin Valley / Elizabeth Colson -- Climatic Disasters And Social Marginalization / Richard L. Burger. 15. Katrina: The Disaster And Its Doubles / Richard L. Burger -- 16. Nature, Culture And Disasters: Floods And Gender In Bangladesh / Nancy Scheper-hughes -- Emic Views Of Climatic Perturbation/disaster / Rosalind Shaw -- 17. Typhoons On Yap / Rosalind Shaw -- 18. The Politics Of Place: Inhabiting And Defending Glacier Hazard Zones In Peru's Cordillera Blanca / David M. Schneider -- Co-production Of Knowledge In Climatic And Social Histories / Mark Carey -- 19. Melting Glaciers And Emerging Histories In The Saint Elias Mountains / Mark Carey -- 20. The Making And Unmaking Of Rains And Reigns / Julie Cruikshank -- Friction In The Global Circulation Of Climate Knowledge / Todd Sanders -- 21. Transnational Locals: Brazilian Experiences Of The Climate Regime / Todd Sanders -- 22. Channeling Globality: The 1997-98 El Niño Climate Event In Peru / Myanna Lahsen. Edited By Michael R. Dove. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.