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Autore |
Ehrenfeld David |
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Titolo |
Swimming lessons [[electronic resource] ] : keeping afloat in the age of technology / / David Ehrenfeld |
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London ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756186-1 |
1-280-48182-X |
9786610481828 |
0-19-518632-X |
0-19-803386-9 |
1-60256-715-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Human ecology |
Environmental degradation |
Civilization, Modern - 21st century |
Technology - Social aspects |
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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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Previously issued in print: 2002. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Part 1. The Lies We Live -- Brainstorming -- Pretending -- The Magic of the Internet -- Nothing Simple -- Sherlock, Nero, and Us -- Part 2. Wrecking Our Civilization: A Manual -- Rejecting Gifts -- Adaptation -- Forecast: Chilly, Overcast, Light Drizzle, No People Left -- Pseudocommunities -- Obsolescence -- Social Evolution versus Sudden Change -- Writing -- Part 3. Deadly Economics -- Affluence and Austerity -- Durable Goods -- Spending Our Capital -- Saving by Selling -- Hot Spots and the Globalization of Conservation -- The Gingko and the Stump -- The Death Penalty -- Part 4. Relating to Nature in a Manmade World -- The Vine Cleaners -- A Connoisseur of Nature -- Death of a Plastic Palm -- Scientific Discoveries and Nature's Mysteries -- I Reinvent Agriculture -- Thinking about Breeds and Species -- Teaching Field Ecology -- More Field Ecology: Rightofway Island -- A Walk in the Woods -- Degrees of Intimacy -- Part 5. Restoring the Community -- The Utopia Fallacy -- |
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