Bibliograph

The wayfinders, why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world, Wade Davis

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The wayfinders, why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world, Wade Davis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-244) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The wayfinders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

316027327

Responsibility statement

Wade Davis

Review

"Many of us are alarmed by the accelerating rates of extinction of plants and animals. But how many of us know that human cultures are going extinct at an even more shocking rate? While biologists estimate that 18 percent of mammals and 11 percent of birds are threatened, and botanists anticipate the loss of 8 percent of flora, anthropologists predict that fully 50 percent of the 7,000 languages spoken around the world today will disappear within our lifetimes. And languages are merely the canaries in the coal mine: what of the knowledge, stories, songs, and ways of seeing encoded in these voices?" "In The Wayfinders, Wade Davis offers a gripping and enlightening account of this urgent crisis. He leads us on a fascinating tour through a handful of indigenous cultures, describing the worldviews they represent and reminding us of the encroaching danger to humankind's survival should they vanish."--BOOK JACKET

Sub title

why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world

Table Of Contents

Season of the brown hyena -- The wayfinders -- Peoples of Anaconda -- Sacred geography -- Century of the wind

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