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Presents 20 essays which explore diverse cultural interpretations of the earth's surface. Contrasted with each other and with the potentially cosmopolitan culture of science, these detailed studies of ways in which different cultures conceptualise nature appear in the context of global environmental change. This book shows how individual cultures see their own histories as offering protection for nature, while often viewing others as lacking such ethical restraints. Through such writing a discourse of understanding and common action becomes possible. The authors come from the places they discuss, and offer passionate as well as scholarly visions of nature within their cultural homes.

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Author:   A. Buttimer ,  L. Wallin
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1999 ed.
Volume:   48
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.560kg
ISBN:  

9780792356516

ISBN 10:   0792356519
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   31 July 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Reflections on the History of Western Attitudes to Nature.- Ideas of Nature in East Asian Lands.- Japan’s Traditional View of Nature and Interpretation of Landscape.- Indian Attitudes Toward Nature.- Nature and Cosmic Integrity: A Search in Hindu Geographical Thought.- World Views of Arab Geographers.- Perspectives on the Contributions of Arabs and Muslims to Geography.- Cosmos and Hearth in China.- Interplay of State and Local Concern in the Management Of Natural Resources: Hydraulics and Forestry in Spain, 1855–1936.- The Real Country and the Legal Country: Spanish Ideals and Mayan Realities in Colonial Guatemala.- Popular and Official Appraisals of Natural Resources: Some Evidence from Australia.- God, Thine Earth is Burning: Nature Attitudes and the Latvian Drive for Independence.- Arctic Worlds and the Geography of Imagination.- A Place for Stories: Nature, History, and Narrative.- Invented Tradition and Academic Convention in Geographical Thought About New England.- Writing “God’s Fine Wilderness”: John Muir in the Mountains of California.- Contested Visions: Nature, Culture and the Morality of Landscape in the Scottish Highlands.- The Narrative Creation of Place: Yeats and West-of-Ireland Landscapes.- Farmers, Foresters, Gypsies, Guests: Narratives of Swedish Cultural Identity.- Waking the Dead: Exploring Mexican and Arctic Spaces.

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