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Ethnobiological Classification: Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Ethnobiological Classification: Principles of Categorization of Plants and Animals in Traditional Societies
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Brent Berlin
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:354
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreZoology and animal sciences
Applied ecology
ISBN/Barcode 9780691601267
ClassificationsDewey:306.45
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

A founder of and leading thinker in the field of modern ethnobiology looks at the widespread regularities in the classification and naming of plants and animals among peoples of traditional, nonliterate societies--regularities that persist across local environments, cultures, societies, and languages. Brent Berlin maintains that these patterns can

Reviews

"This well-researched and enthusiastically written book is a major contribution to ethnobiology... This book is aimed at professional ethnobiologists, but it will also be of value to those who are interested in linguistics, systematics, psychological mechanisms, and the postmodernist debate."--The Quarterly Review of Biology