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Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
William Cronon
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Description for Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
Paperback. A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics. Editor(s): Cronon, William. Num Pages: 560 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: JFCX; RNK; RNP; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature in our malls through the Nature Company, and the disputes between working people and environmentalists over spotted owls and other objects of species preservation.
The problem is that we haven't learned to live responsibly in nature. The environmentalist aim of legislating humans out of the wilderness is no solution. People, Cronon argues, are inextricably tied ... Read more
In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature in our malls through the Nature Company, and the disputes between working people and environmentalists over spotted owls and other objects of species preservation.
The problem is that we haven't learned to live responsibly in nature. The environmentalist aim of legislating humans out of the wilderness is no solution. People, Cronon argues, are inextricably tied ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
773g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393315110
SKU
V9780393315110
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99-12
About William Cronon
William Cronon is Frederick Jackson Turner Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Reviews for Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
"An intellectually pathbreaking book."
Daniel J. Kevles "The best kind of book, one that shocks the reader into entirely fresh ways of thinking."
Michael Pollan
Daniel J. Kevles "The best kind of book, one that shocks the reader into entirely fresh ways of thinking."
Michael Pollan