The problem of nature : environment, culture and European expansion / David Arnold.
The problem of nature : environment, culture and European expansion / David Arnold.
The problem of nature : environment, culture and European expansion / David Arnold.
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Oxford, [Eng.] ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N304.209/ 4
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 199 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. The Place of Nature -- 3. Reappraising Nature -- 4. Environment as Catastrophe --5. Crossing Biological Boundaries -- 6. The Ecological Frontier -- 7. The Environmental Revolution -- 8. Inventing Tropicality -- 9. Colonizing Nature.
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Publisher
Oxford, [Eng.] ; Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1996.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
This book considers how nature - in both its biological and environmental manifestations - has been invoked as a dynamic force in human history. It shows how historians, philosophers, geographers, anthropologists and scientists have used ideas of nature to explain the evolution of cultures, to understand cultural difference, and to justify or conde...
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The problem of nature : environment, culture and European expansion / David Arnold.
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New perspectives on the past.
Includes bibliographical references p. [191]-194) and index.
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N304.209/ 4
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74VKD4poBNN3
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ISBN
063119021X (pbk.)
9780631177326
0631177329
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304.209
MMS ID
991019107249702626
