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Social Metabolism at the Local Scale

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The best way to fully appreciate the complexity and theoretical potential of the idea of social metabolism is to understand the process of labor (human work) that is the starting point, trigger, key axis, and primeval unit of the historical development and evolution of human society as an emergent phenomenon of the universe.

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  1. Geografía, Historia y Filosofía, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain

    Manuel González de Molina

  2. UNAM Campus Morelia, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico

    Víctor M Toledo

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González de Molina, M., Toledo, V.M. (2014). Social Metabolism at the Local Scale. In: The Social Metabolism. Environmental History, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06358-4_5

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