Download or read book Ethnographies of Conservation written by David G. Anderson and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from a critical perspective, these essays question many of the assumptions about nature and local peoples made by members of ecological and environmental movements and pressure groups. The contributors draw attention to the patronising attitudes that help maintain indigenous peoples in abject poverty.