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Making Nature Whole is a seminal volume that presents an in-depth history of the field of ecological restoration as it has developed over the last three decades. The authors draw from both published and unpublished sources, including archival materials and oral histories from early practitioners, to explore the development of the field and its importance to environmental management as well as to the larger environmental movement and our understanding of the world.

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This book would be supremely valuable even if it were simply an excellent history of ecological restoration which it is. It is also, however, a profound and innovative reflection on humans' complex relations with the nonhuman world. It ranges across many fields, including not only the natural sciences but also literature, history, philosophy, and religion. Jordan and Lubick weave their diverse sources together without ever losing sight of their central question how do we understand and come to terms with a nature that, in Emerson's words, 'leads us on and on but arrives nowhere'? --Anna Peterson Professor, Department of Religion, University of Florida

This book would be supremely valuable even if it were simply an excellent history of ecological restoration--which it is. It is also, however, a profound and innovative reflection on humans' complex relations with the nonhuman world. It ranges across many fields, including not only the natural sciences but also literature, history, philosophy, and religion. Jordan and Lubick weave their diverse sources together without ever losing sight of their central question--how do we understand and come to terms with a nature that, in Emerson's words, 'leads us on and on but arrives nowhere'? --Anna Peterson Professor, Department of Religion, University of Florida

In sum, this well-written and well-produced book offers a fascinating look at the origins of the discipline of ecological restoration by one of its foremost theorists and practitioners. As such, it will be essential reading for restorationists seeking inspiration and validation. -- Ecological Restoration In this deeply personal book, Jordan and Lubick take the time to convince us that ecocentric restoration is crucial not because it is the best or only way to manage landscapes, but because it allows us the step outside ourselves for just a moment, to stop the hands of time, and to revere something larger than ourselves that is simply not interested in us at all. -- Ecology Jordan and Lubick expertly provide the first comprehensive history of ecological restoration, a history that is both long and wide. They take us back to the first manipulations of nature with fire by early man, through the development of agriculture, and then industrial-scale change and the emergence of a felt need to restore a bit of the world to some whole estate. They range widely through the natural and social sciences, humanities, and religious traditions to understand this urge to restore. --J. Baird Callicott University Distinguished Research Professor, University of North Texas This book would be supremely valuable even if it were simply an excellent history of ecological restoration--which it is. It is also, however, a profound and innovative reflection on humans' complex relations with the nonhuman world. It ranges across many fields, including not only the natural sciences but also literature, history, philosophy, and religion. Jordan and Lubick weave their diverse sources together without ever losing sight of their central question--how do we understand and come to terms with a nature that, in Emerson's words, 'leads us on and on but arrives nowhere'? --Anna Peterson Professor, Department of Religion, University of Florida This well researched book is carefully documented with extensive citations and notes keyed to the chapters in an unobtrusive way that does not interrupt the narrative. -- Natural Areas Journal Making Nature Whole would be an authoritative source for any discussion of either the future of restoration or man's relationship with nature. -- Electronic Green Journal Overall, Making Nature Whole: A History of Ecological Restoration is a valuable and exciting read to anyone from a student to the established academic who is interested in the roots of ecological restoration. It successfully combines philosophy, history and ecology to illustrate the long evolution of a discipline that is so clearly important currently. -- Ecological Management and Restoration

Jordan and Lubick expertly provide the first comprehensive history of ecological restoration, a history that is both long and wide. They take us back to the first manipulations of nature with fire by early man, through the development of agriculture, and then industrial-scale change and the emergence of a felt need to restore a bit of the world to some whole estate. They range widely through the natural and social sciences, humanities, and religious traditions to understand this urge to restore. --J. Baird Callicott University Distinguished Research Professor, University of North Texas This book would be supremely valuable even if it were simply an excellent history of ecological restoration which it is. It is also, however, a profound and innovative reflection on humans' complex relations with the nonhuman world. It ranges across many fields, including not only the natural sciences but also literature, history, philosophy, and religion. Jordan and Lubick weave their diverse sources together without ever losing sight of their central question how do we understand and come to terms with a nature that, in Emerson's words, 'leads us on and on but arrives nowhere'? --Anna Peterson Professor, Department of Religion, University of Florida Making Nature Whole would be an authoritative source for any discussion of either the future of restoration or man's relationship with nature. --Byron P. Anderson Electronic Green Journal

Jordan and Lubick expertly provide the first comprehensive history of ecological restoration, a history that is both long and wide. They take us back to the first manipulations of nature with fire by early man, through the development of agriculture, and then industrial-scale change and the emergence of a felt need to restore a bit of the world to some whole estate. They range widely through the natural and social sciences, humanities, and religious traditions to understand this urge to restore. --J. Baird Callicott University Distinguished Research Professor, University of North Texas This book would be supremely valuable even if it were simply an excellent history of ecological restoration--which it is. It is also, however, a profound and innovative reflection on humans' complex relations with the nonhuman world. It ranges across many fields, including not only the natural sciences but also literature, history, philosophy, and religion. Jordan and Lubick weave their diverse sources together without ever losing sight of their central question--how do we understand and come to terms with a nature that, in Emerson's words, 'leads us on and on but arrives nowhere'? --Anna Peterson Professor, Department of Religion, University of Florida In this deeply personal book, Jordan and Lubick take the time to convince us that ecocentric restoration is crucial not because it is the best or only way to manage landscapes, but because it allows us the step outside ourselves for just a moment, to stop the hands of time, and to revere something larger than ourselves that is simply not interested in us at all. --Ecology This well researched book is carefully documented with extensive citations and notes keyed to the chapters in an unobtrusive way that does not interrupt the narrative. --Natural Areas Journal In sum, this well-written and well-produced book offers a fascinating look at the origins of the discipline of ecological restoration by one of its foremost theorists and practitioners. As such, it will be essential reading for restorationists seeking inspiration and validation. --Ecological Restoration Overall, Making Nature Whole: A History of Ecological Restoration is a valuable and exciting read to anyone from a student to the established academic who is interested in the roots of ecological restoration. It successfully combines philosophy, history and ecology to illustrate the long evolution of a discipline that is so clearly important currently. --Ecological Management and Restoration Making Nature Whole would be an authoritative source for any discussion of either the future of restoration or man's relationship with nature. --Electronic Green Journal

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William R. Jordan is Director of the New Academy for Nature and Culture and Codirector of the Institute for Nature and Culture, DePaul University, in Chicago, Illinois. George M. Lubick is a historian who has taught courses in American environmental history and the American West at Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff.

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