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Story of Nature - A Human History

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The story of humanity's evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day Nature has long been the source of human curiosity and wonderment, and the inspiration for some of our deepest creative impulses. But we are now witnessing its rapid impoverishment, even destruction, in much of our world.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Jeremy Mynott traces the story of nature-past, present and future. From the dramatic depictions of animals by the prehistoric cave-painters, through the romantic discovery of landscape in the eighteenth century, to the climate emergency of the present day, Mynott looks at the different ways in which humankind has understood the world around it. Charting how our ideas about nature emerged and changed over time, he reveals how the impulse to control nature has deep historical roots.

As we reach an environmental crisis point, this vital study shows how human imagination and wonder can play a restorative role-and reveal what nature ultimately means to us.

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Jeremy Mynott

Product details

Authors Jeremy Mynott, Mynott Jeremy
Publisher Yale University Press Ltd
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 10.09.2024
 
EAN 9780300245653
ISBN 978-0-300-24565-3
No. of pages 376
Dimensions 160 mm x 241 mm x 35 mm
Subjects Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs

NATURE / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Applied ecology, General and world history, Ecological science, the Biosphere, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest

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