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  • Nature's Metropolis

    Chicago and the Great West

    de William Cronon ...
    A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and Winner of the Bancroft Prize. "No one has written a better book about a city…Nature's Metropolis is elegant testimony to the proposition that economic, urban, environmental, and business history can be as graceful, powerful, and fascinating as a novel." —Kenneth T. Jackson, Boston Globe ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Changes in the Land

    Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

    de William Cronon, John Demos ...
    The book that launched environmental history, William Cronon's Changes in the Land, now revised and updated.Winner of the Francis Parkman PrizeIn this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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    Changes in the Land

    Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England

    de William Cronon ...
    Narrado por Bob Souer ...

    Completo

    7 hora 18 minutos

    In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of property and their pursuit of capitalism had upon the ecosystems of New England. Reissued here with an updated afterword by the author and a new preface by the distinguished colonialist John Demos, Changes in the Land provides a brilliant ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    The Macat Analysis of William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis:

    Chicago and The Great West

    de Cheryl Hudson ...
    Narrado por John Chancer ...

    Completo

    1 horas 52 minutos

    Before the publication of Nature’s Metropolis in 1991, historians generally treated urban and rural areas as distinct from one another, each following separate lines of development and maturity. Using Chicago and its surrounding areas as a model, Cronon shows that the citycountry story should be treated as a unified narrative, with each part inseparable from, and dependent on, the other. ¶Cronon ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • An Analysis of William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis

    Chicago and the Great West

    de Cheryl Hudson ...
    Series series The Macat Library
    What caused the rise of Chicago, and how did the city's expansion fuel the westward movement of the American frontier – and influence the type of society that evolved as a result?Nature's Metropolis emerged as a result of William Cronon asking and answering those questions, and the work can usefully be seen as an extended example of the critical thinking skill of problem-solving in action. Cronon ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • The Unexpected Universe

    A Library of America eBook Classic

    de Loren Eiseley ...
    “No one has ever managed to make the pursuit of knowledge feel more soulful or more immediate than Loren Eiseley . . . ” —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily BeastAt the height of a distinguished career as a paleontologist, Loren Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay. Here, in The Unexpected Universe, he displays his far-reaching knowledge and searching curiosity about ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

    Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

    Edición de William Cronon ...
    A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics.In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Rhine

    An Eco-Biography, 1815–2000

    de Mark Cioc ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    The Rhine River is Europe’s most important commercial waterway, channeling the flow of trade among Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. In this innovative study, Mark Cioc focuses on the river from the moment when the Congress of Vienna established a multinational commission charged with making the river more efficient for purposes of trade and commerce in 1815. He examines the ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • The Night Country

    A Library of America eBook Classic

    de Loren Eiseley ...
    One of America’s most beloved naturalists reflects on the “fallibility of science, the mystery of evolution, and the surprise of life” in this fascinating essay collection (Time)Weaving together memoir, philosophical reflection, and his always keen observations of the natural world, Loren Eiseley’s essays in The Night Country explore those moments, often dark and unexpected, when chance encounters ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • The Invisible Pyramid

    A Library of America eBook Classic

    de Loren Eiseley ...
    A revered ecologist and conservationist examines the origins and possible futures of humankind within the context of the Space Age, masterfully “[communicating] the awesome spectacle of our environmental crisis” (New York Times Book Review)To read Loren Eiseley is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. In this brilliant ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Vacationland

    Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country

    de William Philpott ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    Winner of the Western Writers of America 2014 Spur Award for Best Western Nonfiction, ContemporaryMention the Colorado high country today and vacation imagery springs immediately to mind: mountain scenery, camping, hiking, skiing, and world-renowned resorts like Aspen and Vail. But not so long ago, the high country was isolated and little visited. Vacationland tells the story of the region's ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • Behind the Curve

    Science and the Politics of Global Warming

    de Joshua P. Howe ...
    Series series Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books
    In 1958, Charles David Keeling began measuring the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. His project kicked off a half century of research that has expanded our knowledge of climate change. Despite more than fifty years of research, however, our global society has yet to find real solutions to the problem of global warming. Why?In Behind ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD