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Man and the Natural World
Keith Thomas
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Description for Man and the Natural World
Paperback. Presents an account of the changing attitudes in people towards nature and the environment between 1500-1800. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: RNT; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 326.
'Man and the Natural World, an encyclopaedic study of man's relationship to animals and plants, is completely engrossing ... It explains everything - why we eat what we do, why we plant this and not that, why we keep pets, why we like some animals and not others, why we kill the things we kill and love the things we love ... It is often a funny book and one to read again and again' Paul Theroux, Sunday Times
'The English historian Keith Thomas has revealed modes of thought and ways of life deeply strange to us' Hilary ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Weight
326g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140146868
SKU
V9780140146868
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-98
About Keith Thomas
Keith Thomas is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He was formerly President of Corpus Christi College and, before that, Professor of Modern History and Fellow of St John's College. RELIGION AND DECLINE OF MAGIC, his first book, won one of the two Wolfson Literary Awards for History in 1972. He was knighted in 1988 for services to the ... Read more
Reviews for Man and the Natural World
Man and the Natural World, an encyclopaedic study of man's relationship to animals and plants, is completely engrossing ... It explains everything - why we eat what we do, why we plant this and not that, why we keep pets, why we like some animals and not others, why we kill the things we kill and love the things we ... Read more