This book uses leading figures in the study of biological and human ecology to evaluate the criticisms and propose ways to advance the state of knowledge in ecological research. It examines the loss of explanatory value when the ecosystem concept in anthropology is applied to human systems.
Biography
Emilio F. Moran is associate professor and chairman of the department of Anthropology and associate professor in the School for Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University at Bloomington. A specialist in ecological anthropology, resource management, and agricultural development, he has written on human adaptation and processes of change through time in the humid tropics. His books include Human Adaptability (Duxbury, 1979; reprinted by Westview, 1982), Developing the Amazon (Indiana University Press, 1981), and The Dilemma of Amazonian Development (Westview, 1982).