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Beyond Preservation - Restoring and Inventing Landscapes (Paperback)
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Beyond Preservation - Restoring and Inventing Landscapes (Paperback)
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The theory of preservation assumes that humans are different from
and opposed to the rest of nature. The contributors to "Beyond
preservation", on the other hand, explore their belief that humans
are inextricably entwined with nature and therefore have an
unavoidable impact on the entire ecosystem. The comprehensive and
multidisciplinary approach employed by the editors addresses the
possibilities of and problems with the restoration of damaged
landscapes and even the invention of new ones. William R. Jordan
III, a botanist by training, is committed to ecological
restoration, and in the keynote essay he advocates the premises on
which his theory is based. Poet and essayist Frederick Turner is
fascinated with the construction of new landscapes and proposes a
more rather than less ambitious human effort to shape nature.
Turner contributes an essay that, together with Jordan's, serves as
a cornerstone of the volume. Both Turner and Jordan urge us to use
our intelligence and our creative faculties to manage nature by
restoring damaged landscapes and creating mutually beneficial
relationships among all species. The lead essays are followed by a
series of broadly interdisciplinary critiques that confront a host
of contemporary issues having to do with our attempts to preserve
or restore landscapes. Individual essays address the theoretical
issues entailed in restoration; examine case studies of the
application of restoration/reclamation/preservation theory and
techniques; and finally, reflect on the implications and
consequences of environmental restoration. Taken together, these
essays are as important for the questions they raise as for their
individual assessments of Jordan's and Turner's programmatic
statements. A. Dwight Baldwin, Jr., is Professor of Geology at
Miami University. Judith De Luce is Professor of Classics,
affiliate in women's studies, and fellow in the Scripps Gerontology
Center at Miami University. Carl Pletsch is Associate Professor of
History at Miami University.
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