How Long to Read Cultural Forests of the Amazon

How Long Does it Take to Read Cultural Forests of the Amazon?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 59 minutes to read Cultural Forests of the Amazon by William Balée

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Winner of the Society for Economic Botany's Mary W. Klinger Book Award. Cultural Forests of the Amazon is a comprehensive and diverse account of how indigenous people transformed landscapes and managed resources in the most extensive region of tropical forests in the world. Until recently, most scholars and scientists, as well as the general public, thought indigenous people had a minimal impact on Amazon forests, once considered to be total wildernesses. William Balée’s research, conducted over a span of three decades, shows a more complicated truth. In Cultural Forests of the Amazon, he argues that indigenous people, past and present, have time and time again profoundly transformed nature into culture. Moreover, they have done so using their traditional knowledge and technology developed over thousands of years. Balée demonstrates the inestimable value of indigenous knowledge in providing guideposts for a potentially less destructive future for environments and biota in the Amazon. He shows that we can no longer think about species and landscape diversity in any tropical forest without taking into account the intricacies of human history and the impact of all forms of knowledge and technology. Balée describes the development of his historical ecology approach in Amazonia, along with important material on little-known forest dwellers and their habitats, current thinking in Amazonian historical ecology, and a narrative of his own dialogue with the Amazon and its people.

How long is Cultural Forests of the Amazon?

Cultural Forests of the Amazon by William Balée is 289 pages long, and a total of 74,851 words.

This makes it 98% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cultural Forests of the Amazon Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read Cultural Forests of the Amazon aloud.

What Reading Level is Cultural Forests of the Amazon?

Cultural Forests of the Amazon is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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