{"product_id":"the-kung-san-men-women-and-work-in-a-foraging-society-paperback-9780521295611","title":"The !Kung San; Men, Women and Work in a Foraging Society (Paperback) 9780521295611","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe !Kung San\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMen, Women and Work in a Foraging Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn ecological and historical study, this is Professor Lee's major statement on his research of hunting and gathering communities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Borshay Lee (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521295611, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 12 December 1979\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e556 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.81 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor most of human history hunting and gathering was a universal way of life. Richard Borshay Lee spent over three years conducting fieldwork among the !Kung San, an isolated population of 1,000 in northern Botswana. When Lee began his work in 19863, the !Kung San were one of the last of the world's people to live this life. By 1973, when Lee last lived with the group, it appeared that they !Kung were a society on the threshold of a transformation that signalled the end of foraging as an independent way of life, at least in Africa. The !Kung San: Men, Women and Work in a Foraging Society, an ecological and historical study, is Professor Lee's major statement on his research. By maintaining simultaneous historical and synchronic perspectives, Lee is able to extend his analysis of core features from the contemporary !Kung to prehistoric societies. These basic principles become the means to understanding the form of human life that has been obscured by the developments and complications of societies during the last few thousand years.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Note on orthography\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: !Kung ecology and society\u003cbr\u003e 1. Fieldwork with the !Kung\u003cbr\u003e 2. San, Bushman, Basarwa: a question of names\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Dobe area: its people and their history\u003cbr\u003e 4. The environment\u003cbr\u003e 5. Technology and the organisation of production\u003cbr\u003e 6. An inventory of plant resources\u003cbr\u003e 7. The mongongo\u003cbr\u003e 8. Hunting\u003cbr\u003e 9. Men, women and work\u003cbr\u003e 10. The allocation of nutritional stress\u003cbr\u003e 11. Production and reproduction\u003cbr\u003e 12. Ownership, leadership and the use of space\u003cbr\u003e 13. Conflict and violence\u003cbr\u003e 14. Economic and social change in the 1960s and 1970s\u003cbr\u003e 15. The lessons of the !Kung\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A–E\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003012895000,"sku":"9780521295611","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521295611i_5c7f3afe-7e8c-4283-b084-d451fd204391.jpg?v=1691374854","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-kung-san-men-women-and-work-in-a-foraging-society-paperback-9780521295611","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}