| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 505 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in environment and history |
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Studies in environment and history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 474-496) and index. |
| Contents |
Two roads diverged: Ecology in the eighteenth century. Science in Arcadia ; The empire of reason -- The subversive science: Thoreau's romantic ecology. A naturalist in Concord ; Nature looking into nature ; Roots and branches -- The dismal science: Darwinian ecology. A fallen world ; The education of a scientist ; Scrambling for place ; The ascent of man -- O pioneers: Ecology on the frontier. Words on a map ; Clements and the climax community ; Dust follows the plow -- The morals of a science: Ethics, economics, and ecology. The value of a varmint ; Producers and consumers ; Declarations of interdependence -- The age of ecology: Science and the fate of the earth. Healing the planet ; Disturbing nature. |
| Subject |
Ecology -- History.
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| Indexed Term |
Ecology History |
| ISBN |
0521452732 hardcover |
|
9780521452731 hardcover |
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0521468345 pb |
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9780521468343 pb |
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