Nature Across Cultures - Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)

Nature Across Cultures: Views of Nature and the Environment in Non-Western Cultures consists of about 25 essays dealing with the environmental knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Thai, and Andean views of nature and the environment, among others, the book includes essays on Environmentalism and Images of the Other, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Worldviews and Ecology, Rethinking the Western/non-Western Divide, and Landscape, Nature, and Culture. The essays address the connections between nature and culture and relate the environmental practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both environmental history and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science, 4
Release date:	September 2003
First published:	2003
Editors:	Helaine Selin
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	482
Edition:	2003 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-1235-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General
LSN:	1-4020-1235-7
Barcode:	9781402012358

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