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Karen L. Kramer

Biography

Karen L. Kramer

Karen L. Kramer is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Utah and the author of MAYA CHILDREN: Helpers at the Farm.

Karen L. Kramer

Books by Karen L. Kramer

edited by Brian F. Codding and Karen L. Kramer - Economics, Nonfiction

Foraging persists as a viable economic strategy both in remote regions and within the bounds of developed nation-states. Given the economic alternatives available, why do some groups choose to maintain their hunting and gathering lifeways? Through a series of detailed case studies, the contributors to this volume examine the decisions made by modern-day foragers to sustain a predominantly hunting and gathering way of life. What becomes clear is that hunter-gatherers continue to forage because the economic benefits of doing so are high relative to the local alternatives and, perhaps more importantly, because the social costs of not foraging are prohibitive.