Wealth of Nature - Environmental History and the Ecological Imagination

Zusatztext an eloquent study of nature, humanity, values, and history ... passionate ... extraordinary reading Informationen zum Autor Donald Worster is Hall Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of Kansas. His books include Under Western Skies, Dust Bowl, and Rivers of Empire. Klappentext In the Wealth of Nature, the author 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. Zusammenfassung In this collection of sixteen illuminating essays, Donald Worster examines the interaction of humanity and the environment, and the history this relationship has produced.

Riassunto

In this collection of sixteen illuminating essays, Donald Worster examines the interaction of humanity and the environment, and the history this relationship has produced.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donald Worster, Worster Donald
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.10.1994
• EAN: 9780195092646
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509264-6
• Pagine: 266
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; USA, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, United States of America, USA, Social impact of environmental issues