The Ecology Of Eden
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The Ecology Of Eden
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Author : Evan Eisenberg
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 1998
The Ecology Of Eden written by Evan Eisenberg and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Environmentalism categories.
Presents new perspectives on present-day environmental problems by examining the changing nature of humankind's belief in a paradise and the ways we have disguised our actual dealings with nature.
The Ecology Of Eden
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Author : Evan Eisenberg
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Adult
Release Date : 2000-06-01
The Ecology Of Eden written by Evan Eisenberg and has been published by Pan Macmillan Adult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-01 with Ecology categories.
A reading of the story of Eden that seeks to open up a new understanding of the history of our relationship with, and attitudes to, nature. This book shows how the contradictions in the relationship of the human and the natural define the central controversy of ecology.
The Ecology Of Eden
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Author : Evan Eisenberg
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 1999-10-05
The Ecology Of Eden written by Evan Eisenberg and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-05 with Science categories.
"Dazzling . . . a prose epic." --The Washington Post A mountain peak, a rolling pasture, a boulevard alive with sound and light--each of us carries, deep inside, a dream of paradise. In this magisterial contribution to the literature of ecology and the environment, our nostalgia for the myth of paradise--the primeval, self-sufficient, nurturing garden where mankind was born--is the starting point of a brilliant inquiry into what our place in Nature has been and ought to be. Writing in lively, imaginative prose and drawing deftly upon disciplines as varied as biology, geology, anthropology, history, physics, and music, Evan Eisenberg examines the ways in which people have envisioned and tried to re-create the earthly paradise even as they have dealt with the often disastrous effects of their increasing manipulation of the environment. An encyclopedic survey of efforts to heal the dangerous rift between culture and nature, The Ecology of Eden is a landmark work that is enormously suggestive, informative, and a joy to read. "It's a question many writers have tackled, from Paul Ehrlich to E. O. Wilson: How can we survive while population grows, resources dwindle . . . and the threat of global climate change looms ominously? Few have explored it with more originality or historic sweep. . . . A rich harvest, filled with many kernels of wisdom about the future of our elusive Eden." --San Francisco Chronicle "An ambitious, thickly braided narrative that makes the clearest bid to nudge the dialectic along. . . . Eisenberg traces the story engagingly, energetically, with a remarkable breadth of learning and a metaphor-maker's eye. . . . A vision of substance and genuine insight." -Los Angeles Times Book Review
Reinventing Eden
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Author : Carolyn Merchant
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013
Reinventing Eden written by Carolyn Merchant and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Nature categories.
Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western culture from Columbus' voyages to today's tropical island retreats. Few narratives are so powerful - and, as Carolyn Merchant shows, so misguided and destructive - as the dream of recapturing a lost paradise. A sweeping account of these quixotic endeavors by one of America's leading environmentalists, Reinventing Eden traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations in shopping malls, theme parks and gated communities. With eloquence and insight, Merchant shows how the drive to conquer nature and to explore and settle the globe, springs from this utopian pastoral impulse throughout Western history. Time and again, human manipulation of the environment is our downfall: Eden is achieved by fencing off pristine beauty in national parks and wildlife preserves, while leaving the majority of the earth in ruins. Challenging both narratives, Merchant argues that the green veneer of city-park conservation has become a cover for the corruption of the earth and the neglect of its environment. Reinventing Eden is a bold new way to think about the earth that includes green political parties, sustainable development and a partnership between humans and earth that is nothing short of an ecological revolution.
Out Of Eden
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Author : Alan Burdick
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2006-05-02
Out Of Eden written by Alan Burdick and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-02 with Nature categories.
In this stunning work of narrative nonfiction, the author tours the front lines of ecological invasion--in Hawaii, Tasmania, Guam, San Francisco, in lush rain forests, through underground lava tubes, on the deck of an Alaska-bound oil tanker.
Eden And The Fall
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Author : Matthew Buttsworth
language : en
Publisher: Matt Buttsworth
Release Date : 1999
Eden And The Fall written by Matthew Buttsworth and has been published by Matt Buttsworth this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Deep ecology categories.
After Eden
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Author : Michael Tobias
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
After Eden written by Michael Tobias and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Civilization categories.
Return To Eden
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Author : Charlotte Baker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Return To Eden written by Charlotte Baker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.
Demons In Eden
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Author : Jonathan Silvertown
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011-08-22
Demons In Eden written by Jonathan Silvertown and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-22 with Science categories.
Jonathan Silvertown here explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, the tropical rainforests of southeast Mexico, and the Canary Islands archipelago, whose evolutionary n...
Eden S Endemics
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Author : Elizabeth Callaway
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2020-08-04
Eden S Endemics written by Elizabeth Callaway and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the past thirty years biodiversity has become one of the central organizing principles through which we understand the nonhuman environment. Its deceptively simple definition as the variation among living organisms masks its status as a hotly contested term both within the sciences and more broadly. In Eden’s Endemics, Elizabeth Callaway looks to cultural objects—novels, memoirs, databases, visualizations, and poetry— that depict many species at once to consider the question of how we narrate organisms in their multiplicity. Touching on topics ranging from seed banks to science fiction to bird-watching, Callaway argues that there is no set, generally accepted way to measure biodiversity. Westerners tend to conceptualize it according to one or more of an array of tropes rooted in colonial history such as the Lost Eden, Noah’s Ark, and Tree-of-Life imagery. These conceptualizations affect what kinds of biodiversities are prioritized for protection. While using biodiversity as a way to talk about the world aims to highlight what is most valued in nature, it can produce narratives that reinforce certain power differentials—with real-life consequences for conservation projects. Thus the choices made when portraying biodiversity impact what is visible, what is visceral, and what is unquestioned common sense about the patterns of life on Earth.