The Appropriation of Nature: Essays on Human Ecology and Social Relations

by Tim Ingold

DRAWING FROM ETHNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL CHALLENGING THE ASSUMPTIONS HUMANITY AND ANIMALITY. RECAPTURING THE HUNTER GATHER HUMANITY. WRITEN IN NONTECHNICAL STYLE.

297 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1987

About the author

Tim Ingold (born 1948) is a British social anthropologist, currently Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. He was educated at Leighton Park School and Cambridge University. He is a fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His bibliography includes The Perception of the Environment: Essays in Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill, Routledge, 2000, which is a collection of essays, some of which had been published earlier.