This book chronicles the transformation of the holistic health movement as it increasingly influences the delivery of health care in America. He describes the battle for legitimacy by alternative ther
Spiritual churches in the United States represent one of several religious movements that African Americans have adopted in their efforts to cope with mainstream society. In this groundbreaking work,
This book constitutes an effort to develop a critical social science of climate change, one that posits its roots in global capitalism with its emphasis on profit-making, a treadmill of production and
Examining medical pluralism in the United States from the Revolutionary War period through the end of the twentieth century, Hans Baer brings together in one convenient reference a vast array of infor
As global economic and population growth continues to skyrocket, increasingly strained resources have made one thing clear: the desperate need for an alternative to capitalism. In Democratic Eco-Socia
In a critical anthropology and a critical medical anthropology of global warming, Baer (development studies, U. of Melbourne) and Singer (anthropology, U. of Connecticut) argue that climate change is
This book offers one of the first detailed anthropological studies of emergent ecotopianism in urban contexts. Engaging directly with debates on urbanisation, sustainability and utopia, it presents tw
Baer (sociology and anthropology, U. of Arkansas) and Singer (research director, Hispanic Health Council in Hartford, Connecticut) present a broad overview of the structure of an array of African Amer
