The !Kung San: Men, Women and Work in a Foraging Society

The !Kung San: Men, Women and Work in a Foraging Society

For 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.

Country	USA
Author	Richard Borshay Lee
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Cambridge University Press
EAN	9780521295611
Edition	First Edition
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	0521295610
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer	Cambridge University Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	526
PublicationDate	1979-12-12
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Studio	Cambridge University Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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