Nature Western Attitudes since Ancient Times |
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Author:
| Coates, Peter |
Series title: | Themes in History Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7456-1656-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
Publisher: | Polity Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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∗ A lively, accessible introduction to the history of nature and the environment.
∗ An outline of the major understandings of ′nature′ in the western world since classical times from nature as higher authority to its more recent meaning of a threatened form of life.
∗ A lively, accessible introduction to the history of nature and the environment.
∗ An outline of the major understandings of ′nature′ in the western world since classical times from nature as higher authority to its more recent meaning of a threatened form of life.