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Title:
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THE PROBLEM OF NATURE
ENVIRONMENT AND CULTURE IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE |
By: |
David Arnold |
Format: |
Paperback |

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ISBN 10: |
063119021X |
ISBN 13: |
9780631190219 |
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Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
23 August, 1996 |
Series: |
New Perspectives on the Past |
Pages: |
208 |
Description: |
? A clear introduction to the historiography of nature. ? Focuses on central problems in geography, anthropology and environmental history. ? Main focus is on European imperialism and understanding American history. ? A clear introduction to the historiography of nature. |
Synopsis: |
This book considers how nature - in both its biological and environmental manifestations - has been invoked as a dynamic force in human history. It shows how historians, philosophers, geographers, anthropologists and scientists have used ideas of nature to explain the evolution of cultures, to understand cultural difference, and to justify or condemn colonization, slavery and racial superiority. It examines the central part that ideas of environmental and biological determinism have played in theory, and describes how these ideas have served in different ways at different times as instruments of authority, identity and defiance. The book shows how powerful and problematic the invocation of nature can be. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishers |
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