Endangered Species: Health, Illness and Death among Madagascar's People of the Forest (Ethnographic Studies in Medical Anthropology Series)

by Janice Harper

Endangered Species: Health, Illness and Death among Madagascar's People of the Forest is an ethnographic study of a group of people living in a forested region in Madagascar. These people have been... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890892385
• ISBN13: 9780890892381
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

One of the best ethnographies of the past decade

With a rich and captivating narrative style, Endangered Species skillfully establishes how the noble intentions of conservation and preservation could lead to such catastrophic results. Harper has produced a powerful and troubling book that complicates our understanding of the generally unexamined dire consequences for traditional peoples that can be the resulting byproducts of biodiversity conservation programs.Endangered Species fits well in the finest activist ethnographic tradition alongside such works as Nancy Scheper-Hughes' Death Without Weeping, and Paul Farmer's The Uses of Haiti. Janice Harper's rich analysis enlarges our understanding of the impacts of international conservation programs, as well as our understanding of links between the environment, health and culture.

A remarkable ethnography

This is an excellent book that looks beyond the surface of game preserves and examines the impact of species protective programs on human populations. The author uncovers tragic consiquences of short sighted policies, and governmental agencies and NGOs who refused to deal with the consiquences of their policies. A must read for any anthropology or public policy grad student.