Nature and Society in Historical Context (Hardcover, New)

In general terms, one way of describing the world we live in is to say that it is made up of nature and society, and that human beings belong to both. This was the first volume to be published which addresses the historical contexts of the relations between these two characteristics of human nature. A distinguished international team aims to contribute - through selective, interdisciplinary studies - to a much-needed but currently scant debate over the reciprocal links between conceptions of nature and conceptions of society from the ancient Greek kosmos to late twentieth-century 'ecology'. Individual essays and the general conclusions of the volume are important not only for our understanding of the evolution of knowledge of nature and of society, but also for an awareness of the types of truth and perception produced in the process.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1997
First published:	1997
Editors:	Mikulas Teich • Roy Porter • Bo Gustafsson
Dimensions:	231 x 157 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	422
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-49530-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-521-49530-X
Barcode:	9780521495301

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