Sabloff argues that the everyday practices of contemporary capitalist society reinforce our alienation from the rest of nature and reflects on how anthropology has contributed to the prevailing Western perception of a divide between nature and culture.

Annabelle Sabloff is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Social Anthropology at York University.

'The scope of the topics covered is unusually wide, and the sound judgments and insights which the author offers about this diverse literature are impressive.'

Harvey Feit, Department of Anthropology, McMaster University:

'The scope of the topics covered is unusually wide, and the sound judgments and insights which the author offers about this diverse literature are impressive.'

Richard Nash, Department of English, Indiana University:

'The scope of the topics covered is unusually wide, and the sound judgments and insights which the author offers about this diverse literature are impressive.'