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Spatializing the History of Ecology - Sites, Journeys, Mappings (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,828
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Spatializing the History of Ecology - Sites, Journeys, Mappings (Paperback): Jens Lachmund, Raf De Bont

Spatializing the History of Ecology - Sites, Journeys, Mappings (Paperback)

Jens Lachmund, Raf De Bont

Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

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Throughout its history, the discipline of ecology has always been profoundly entangled with the history of space and place. On the one hand, ecology is a field science that has thrived on the study of concrete spatial entities, such as islands, forests or rivers. These spaces are the workplaces in which ecological phenomena are identified, observed and experimented on. They provide both epistemic opportunities and constraints that structure the agenda and the analytical sensibilities of ecological researchers. On the other hand, ecological knowledge and practices have become important resources through which spaces and places are classified, delineated, explained, experienced and managed. The impact of these activities reaches far beyond the realms of the ecological discipline. Many ecological concepts such as "biotopes," "ecosystems" and "the biosphere" have become entities that widely resonate in public life and policy making. This book explores the mutual entanglement between space and knowledge-making in the history of ecology. Its first goal is to explore to which extent a spatial perspective can shed new light on the history of ecological science. Second, it uses ecology as a critical site to gain broader insights into the history of the environment in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Via a series of case studies - discussing topics that range from ecological field stations in the early-twentieth century Caribbean over wisent breeding in Nazi Germany to computer modelling in North American deserts - the book offers a tour through the changing landscapes of modern ecology.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Release date: May 2019
First published: 2017
Editors: Jens Lachmund • Raf De Bont
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 978-0-367-34856-4
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General
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LSN: 0-367-34856-X
Barcode: 9780367348564

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