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Autore |
Beinart William |
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Titolo |
Environment and history : the taming of nature in the USA and South Africa / / William Beinart and Peter Coates |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-29578-1 |
0-203-13355-2 |
1-134-82251-0 |
81-7835-601-5 |
1-280-32819-3 |
1-134-82253-7 |
1-134-82254-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (133 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmentalism - South Africa - History |
Environmentalism - United States - History |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - South Africa |
Nature - Effect of human beings on - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of maps; Series editors' preface; Preface; The nature of environmental history: the United States and South Africa compared; The comparison; The frontier environment; Hunting and animals: from game to wildlife; Settler hunting; Hunting controls; The fall and rise of trees: forests, felling and forestry; Trees and people; Forestry and conservation; Agriculture: exploitation unlimited and limited; The conservationist state; Nature reserves and national parks: revaluing and renaturing the wild; Biocentrism and park politics |
From conservation to environmentalism and beyondRace, environmentalism and social inequality; Postscript: taming the wild; Index |
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