Cultural adaptation to mountain environments

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Cultural adaptation to mountain environments / Patricia D. Beaver and Burton L. Purrington, editors.

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193).
Formatted Contents Note:: The context of cultural ecology in highland environments / Burton L. Purrington -- Agro-pastoral land use and the tragedy of the commons in the central Andes / David W. Guillet -- Mountain refuge area adaptations / Christopher Boehm -- Education and social mobility : some parallels between Appalachia and the Alps / John Friedl -- Industrialization, class, and regional consciousness in two highland societies : Wales and Appalachia / Helen M. Lewis -- Appalachian cultural adaptations : an overview / Patricia D. Beaver -- The sacrifice of nature : a study in the social product of consciousness / Allen Batteau -- Snowbird Cherokees : adaptation and ethnic preservation in the southern Appalachians / Sharlotte Neely -- Religion and place in southern Appalachia / Richard Humphrey -- Land ownership, power, and powerlessness in the Appalachian highlands / John Gaventa -- The anthropology of highland peoples / Stephen B. Brush -- Reflections on mountain adaptations / Gilbert Kushner.