Anthropology and contemporary human problems

List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Anthropological Perspectives on Contemporary Human Problems Nature and Scope of the Problems World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, 1992 UN Millennium Goals Crisis Awareness and Response Significance of Culture Scale Uniqueness of Tribal Societies and Cultures Original Affluent Elite-Directed Growth: Human Problem Distribution of Wealth and Power World's Elite-Directors: View from the Top Elite-Direction and the Global Media: Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Too Big and Failing: Elite-Direction and the Global Financial Crisis Chapter 2 Scale, Adaptation, and the Environmental Crisis Cultural Transmission and Maladaptation Scale and Cultural Evolution Cultural Evolution and Adaptation Nature and Scope of the Environmental Crisis Biodiversity and the Death of the Tropical Rain Forests Ecocide, Soviet Style Environmental…