* Uses historical analysis to trace the conjunction of trade, environment, and culture
* Features case studies collected by the Trade Environment Database Project

Exploring the Gaps observes how the growing tensions between economic, ecological, and social factors threaten the ability to make trade and cultural exchanges work to benefit people and the world around them. Lee’s strong argument provides a blueprint to meet the challenges of reintegration at global and local levels.

Table of Contents:

Conjunctions through Time: Anthropological, Economic & Social History; The Tool Conjunction; The Agricultural Conjunction; The Industrial Conjunction; Species Cases; Habitats; The Electronic Conjunction in Context; Approaches to Conjunctions; Trade, Environment & Culture in the Next Trade Round and After; The Gene Conjunction and Beyond