Lives On The Line: Women and Ecology On A Pacifc Atoll

by Alexandra Brewis

Intended as a supplement to women's studies, human ecology, medical anthropology, or Pacific anthropology courses. LIVES ON THE LINE examines women's issues in Butaritari, an equatorial Pacific atoll 15 kilometers long and a few hundred meters wide. This case study shows how the constraints of ecology and teh contingencies of history weave through patterns of human activity on Butaritari Atoll.

112 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 1995