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Winner of the 2019 Turku Book Award from the European Society for
Environmental History The Albufera Natural Park, an area ten
kilometers south of Valencia that is widely regarded as the
birthplace of paella, has long been prized by residents and
visitors alike. Since the twentieth century, the disparate visions
of city dwellers, farmers, fishermen, scientists, politicians, and
tourists have made this working landscape a site of ongoing
conflict over environmental conservation in Europe, the future of
Spain, and Valencian identity. In Cultivating Nature, Sarah
Hamilton explores the Albufera's contested lands and waters, which
have supported and been transformed by human activity for a
millennium, in order to understand regional, national, and global
social histories. She argues that efforts to preserve biological
and cultural diversity must incorporate the interests of those who
live within heavily modified and long-exploited ecosystems such as
the Albufera de Valencia. Shifting between local struggles and
global debates, this fascinating environmental history reveals how
Franco's dictatorship, Spain's integration with Europe, and the
crisis in European agriculture have shaped the Albufera, its users,
and its inhabitants.
Winner of the 2019 Turku Book Award from the European Society for
Environmental History The Albufera Natural Park, an area ten
kilometers south of Valencia that is widely regarded as the
birthplace of paella, has long been prized by residents and
visitors alike. Since the twentieth century, the disparate visions
of city dwellers, farmers, fishermen, scientists, politicians, and
tourists have made this working landscape a site of ongoing
conflict over environmental conservation in Europe, the future of
Spain, and Valencian identity. In Cultivating Nature, Sarah
Hamilton explores the Albufera's contested lands and waters, which
have supported and been transformed by human activity for a
millennium, in order to understand regional, national, and global
social histories. She argues that efforts to preserve biological
and cultural diversity must incorporate the interests of those who
live within heavily modified and long-exploited ecosystems such as
the Albufera de Valencia. Shifting between local struggles and
global debates, this fascinating environmental history reveals how
Franco's dictatorship, Spain's integration with Europe, and the
crisis in European agriculture have shaped the Albufera, its users,
and its inhabitants.
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