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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827259503321

Autore

Anderson Eugene Newton, Jr., <1941->

Titolo

Caring for place : ecology, ideology, and emotion in traditional landscape management / / E.N. Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-43247-1

1-315-43248-X

1-315-43249-8

1-61132-960-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Disciplina

577

Soggetti

Landscape ecology

Landscape assessment

Cultural landscapes

Traditional farming

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2014 by Left Coast Press, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I - Representation; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - Traditional Management: Basics; Chapter Three - Looking Over Environmental Culture Areas; Part II - Areas: Particular Cultures; Chapter Four - The Yucatec Maya; Chapter Five - Medieval Ireland; Chapter Six - China; Part III - Broader Regions; Chapter Seven - Southeast Asia; Chapter Eight - The Western World; Chapter Nine - By Way of Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

How can cultural forms motivate people to care about their environment? While important scientific data about ecosystems is mushrooming, E. N. Anderson argues in this powerful new book that putting effective conservation into practice depends primarily on social solidarity and emotional factors. Marshaling decades of research on cultures across several continents, he shows how societies have been more or less successful in sustainably managing their environments based on collective engagements such as religion, art, song, myth, and story. This provocative and deeply felt book by a leading