The Other Side of Eden Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of the World [Paperback]

Hugh Brody crystallizes three decades of studying, learning from, crusading for, and thinking about hunter-gatherers in this profound and provocative book. Contrary to stereotype, he says, it is the farmers and their colonizing descendantsourselveswho are the true nomads, doomed to the geographical and spiritual restlessness embodied in the story of Genesis. By contrast, the hunters have a deep attachment to the place and ways of their ancestors that stems from an enviable sense, distinctively expressed in thought, word, and act, of being part of the fabric of the natural and spiritual worlds.

Hugh Brodyis an anthropologist and documentary filmmaker who has worked and traveled extensively among indigenous peoples. He is the author of several previous books.

The best books change the way you think. This is one of those. National Geographic Adventure

An informed, passionate and enlightening volume . . . that draws on an exceedingly rich experience and adds new dimensions to our understanding . . . The New York Times

Brody's book is more than merely a personal story. It is also a radical and ambitious argument about human history. Newsday

[Brody] presents a culture of exceptional maturity, rich in many of the things we believe we have lost . . . The New Yorker