{"product_id":"cultural-forests-of-the-amazon-william-balzse-9780817358327","title":"Cultural Forests of the Amazon: A Historical Ecology of People and Their Landscapes","description":"\u003ci\u003eWinner of the Society for Economic Botany's Mary W. Klinger Book Award.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCultural Forests of the Amazon\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal impact on Amazon forests, once considered to be total wildernesses. William Bal e's research, conducted over a span of three decades, shows a more complicated truth. In \u003ci\u003eCultural Forests of the Amazon\u003c\/i\u003e, he argues that indigenous people, past and present, have time and time again profoundly transformed nature into culture. Moreover, they have done so using their traditional knowledge and technology developed over thousands of years. Bal e demonstrates the inestimable value of indigenous knowledge in providing guideposts for a potentially less destructive future for environments and biota in the Amazon. He shows that we can no longer think about species and landscape diversity in any tropical forest without taking into account the intricacies of human history and the impact of all forms of knowledge and technology. Bal e describes the development of his historical ecology approach in Amazonia, along with important material on little-known forest dwellers and their habitats, current thinking in Amazonian historical ecology, and a narrative of his own dialogue with the Amazon and its people. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Balée\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817358323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817358327\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"William Balée","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401257341183,"sku":"9780817358327","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d32e706-2d8d-43cf-ae3c-6bc426a37680.jpg?v=1733887186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-forests-of-the-amazon-william-balzse-9780817358327","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}