The Social Creation of Nature

The Social Creation of Nature
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Publisher : Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39076001352579
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Book Synopsis The Social Creation of Nature by : Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden

Download or read book The Social Creation of Nature written by Lorne Leslie Neil Evernden and published by Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1992-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book traces the evolution of the concept of "nature" over the past five centuries. In exploring the consequences of conventional understandings, it also seeks a way around the limitations of a socially created nature, in order to defend what is actually imperiled - "wildness".


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