The book provides a valuable service by compiling in one well organized volume a selection of key historical and contemporary selections on law and the environment in the society of nature a. In the society of nature a native ecology in amazonia cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology by descola philippe august 1996 isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. In the society of nature a native ecology in amazonia cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology by philippe descola 1994 03 25 philippe descola isbn kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The book is both a description and an analysis of the technical and symbolic relation entertained by an upper amazonian indian tribe with its natural environment the achuar are one of the four dialect groups that make up the jivaroan linguistic family within the jivaro group the achuar represent a small bloc of some 4 500 individuals sprinkled along either side of the border between ecuador. In the society of nature a native ecology in amazonia complete title in the society of nature a native ecology in amazonia non iucn publication authors descola philippe abstract monographic series cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology monographic series no conference imprint cambridge cambridge university press 1986 physical description