ISBN:
160256003X
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9781602560031
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1280441836
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9781280441837
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1423738519
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9781423738510
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 255 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Wealth of nature
DDC:
304.280973
Keywords:
Human ecology History
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United States
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Landscape assessment History
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United States
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United States
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Human ecology History
;
Landscape assessment History
;
Human ecology History
;
Landscape assessment History
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Human Geography
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Human ecology
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Landscape assessment
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Ecologie
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History
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United States
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Electronic books History
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Hailed as "one of the most eminent environmental historians of the West" by Alan Brinkley in The New York Times Book Review, Donald Worster has been a leader in reshaping the study of American history. Winner of the prestigious Bancroft Prize for his book Dust Bowl, Worster has helped bring humanity's interaction with nature to the forefront of historical thinking. Now, in The Wealth of Nature, he offers a series of thoughtful, eloquent essays which lay out his views on environmental history, tying the study of the past to today's agenda for change. The Wealth of Nature captures the fruit of w
Description / Table of Contents:
The nature we have lostPaths across the levee -- History as natural history -- Transformation of the earth -- Arranging a marriage : ecology and agriculture -- A sense of soil -- Good farming and the public good -- Private, public, personal : Americans and the land -- The kingdom, the power, and the water -- Thinking like a river -- An end to ecstasy -- The shaky ground of sustainable development -- The ecology of order and chaos -- Restoring a natural order -- John Muir and the roots of American environmentalism -- The wealth of nature.
Note:
Book of essays which previously appeared in various journals or books or given as lectures. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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