Landesque capital : the historical ecology of enduring landscape modifications / edited by N. Thomas Håkansson and Mats Widgren.

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9781611323887
1611323886
9781611327403
1611327407
161132386X
9781611323863
9781315425696
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Landesque Capital.DDC classification:

304.2 23

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GF90 .L2559 2014

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SCI020000 | SOC002000 | SCI030000

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Contents:

Preface; Introduction. Landesque Capital: What is the Concept Good for? / Mats Widgren and N. Thomas Hakansson; 1. Economics and the Process of Making Farmland / William E. Doolittle; 2. Capital-esque Landscapes: Long-Term Histories of Enduring Landscape Modifications / Kathleen D. Morrison; 3. Taro Terraces, Chiefdoms and Malaria: Explaining Landesque Capital Formation in Solomon Islands / Tim Bayliss-Smith and Edvard Hviding; 4. World Systems Terraces: External Exchange and the Formation of Landesque Capital among the Ifugao, the Philippines / N. Thomas Hakansson.

5. Large-Scale Investments in Water Management in Europe and China, 1000-1800 / Janken Myrdal6. "Stonescape": Farmers' Differential Willingness to Invest in Landesque Capital in Nineteenth Century Sweden / Henrik Svensson; 7. The Social Life of Landesque Capital and a Tanzanian Case Study / Michael Sheridan; 8. The Temporality of Landesque Capital: Cultivation and the Routines of Pokot Life / Matthew I.J. Davies; 9. Irrigated Fields are Wives: Indigenous Irrigation in Marakwet, Kenya / Wilhelm Ostberg.

10. Correlating Landesque Capital and Ethno-Political Integration in Pre-Columbian South America / Alf Hornborg, Love Eriksen, and Ragnheiour Bogadottir11. From Terraces to Trees: Ancient and Historical Landscape Changes in Southern Peru / Gregory Zaro; 12. The Antithesis of Degraded Land: Toward a Greener Conceptualization of Landesque Capital / Lowe Borjeson; Postscript: The Future of Landesque Capital / Tim Bayliss-Smith; Index; About the Authors and Editors.

Summary: This book is the first comprehensive, global treatment of landesque capital, a widespread concept used to understand anthropogenic landscapes that serve important economic, social, and ritual purposes. Spanning the disciplines of anthropology, human ecology, geography, archaeology, and history, chapters combine theoretical rigor with in-depth empirical studies of major landscape modifications from ancient to contemporary times. They assess not only degradation but also the social, political, and economic institutions and contexts that make sustainability possible. Offering tightly edited,

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is the first comprehensive, global treatment of landesque capital, a widespread concept used to understand anthropogenic landscapes that serve important economic, social, and ritual purposes. Spanning the disciplines of anthropology, human ecology, geography, archaeology, and history, chapters combine theoretical rigor with in-depth empirical studies of major landscape modifications from ancient to contemporary times. They assess not only degradation but also the social, political, and economic institutions and contexts that make sustainability possible. Offering tightly edited,