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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778996303321

Autore

Macnaghten Phil

Titolo

Contested natures [[electronic resource] /] / Phil Macnaghten and John Urry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1998

ISBN

0-7619-5313-2

1-283-88060-1

1-84860-931-0

0-585-33850-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 307 p.) : ill

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Altri autori (Persone)

UrryJohn

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Human ecology

Nature - Social aspects

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Environmental protection

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[278]-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Rethinking Nature and Society; Chapter 2 - Inventing Nature; Chapter 3 - Humans and Nature; Chapter 4 - Sensing Nature; Chapter 5 - Nature and Time; Chapter 6 - Nature as Countryside; Chapter 7 - Sustaining Nature; Chapter 8 - Governing Nature; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Contested Natures' explores the changing significance of nature in daily life, with the aim of demonstrating that nature is irreducibly contested and embedded in highly diverse and ambivalent social practices.