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The wealth of nature : environmental history and the ecological imagination /

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""Nostalgia runs all through this society," Worster writes, "fortunately, for it may be our only hope of salvation." These reflective and engaging essays capture the fascination of environmental history - and the beauty of nature lost or endangered - underscoring the importa...

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Main Author: Worster, Donald, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Human ecology > United States > History.
Landscape assessment > United States > History.
Human ecology.
Landscapes.
History.
Paysages > Évaluation > États-Unis > Histoire.
42.90 ecology: general.
Human ecology
Landscape assessment
United States
Ecologie.
Environmentalism.
Environment > Effects of > Humans
sociale ecologie
human ecology
mens
man
milieu
landschap
landscape
taxatie
valuation
ideologie
ideology
landschapsecologie
landscape ecology
geschiedenis
history
vs
usa
Landscape and Environmental History
Landschaps- en milieugeschiedenis
History
History (form)
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Summary:""Nostalgia runs all through this society," Worster writes, "fortunately, for it may be our only hope of salvation." These reflective and engaging essays capture the fascination of environmental history - and the beauty of nature lost or endangered - underscoring the importance of intelligent action in the present."--Jacket.
Item Description:Book of essays which previously appeared in various journals or books or given as lectures.
Physical Description:x, 255 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-243) and index.
ISBN:0195076249
9780195076240
0195092643
9780195092646