{"product_id":"affluence-without-abundance-what-we-can-learn-from-the-worlds-most-successful-civilisation-9781632865724","title":"Affluence Without Abundance: What We Can Learn from the World's Most Successful Civilisation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Insightful and well-written . . .  Suzman chronicles] how much humankind can still learn from the disappearing way of life of the most marginalized communities on earth.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003eYuval Noah Harari, author of SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMAN KIND and HOMO DEUS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF TOMORROW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWASHINGTON POST'S 50 NOTABLE WORKS OF NONFICTION IN 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA vibrant portrait of the \"original affluent society\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003ethe Bushmen of southern Africa\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eby the anthropologist who has spent much of the last twenty-five years documenting their encounter with modernity.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf the success of a civilization is measured by its endurance over time, then the Bushmen of the Kalahari are by far the most successful in human history. A hunting and gathering people who made a good living by working only as much as needed to exist in harmony with their hostile desert environment, the Bushmen have lived in southern Africa since the evolution of our species nearly two hundred thousand years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAffluence Without Abundance\u003c\/i\u003e, anthropologist James Suzman vividly brings to life a proud and private people, introducing unforgettable members of their tribe, and telling the story of the collision between the modern global economy and the oldest hunting and gathering society on earth. In rendering an intimate picture of a people coping with radical change, it asks profound questions about how we now think about matters such as work, wealth, equality, contentment, and even time. Not since Elizabeth Marshall Thomas's \u003ci\u003eThe Harmless People\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959 has anyone provided a more intimate or insightful account of the Bushmen or of what we might learn about ourselves from our shared history as hunter-gatherers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632865724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James Suzman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663524524188,"sku":"9781632865724","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d1cfbc8e-b462-4a57-85f7-e5d7153931a0.jpg?v=1603904507","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/affluence-without-abundance-what-we-can-learn-from-the-worlds-most-successful-civilisation-9781632865724","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}