03533nam 22007214a 450 991078327260332120230207223549.00-19-756186-11-280-48182-X97866104818280-19-518632-X0-19-803386-91-60256-715-8(CKB)1000000000029066(OCoLC)70734784(CaPaEBR)ebrary10085219(SSID)ssj0000254544(PQKBManifestationID)11229324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254544(PQKBWorkID)10207888(PQKB)11219446(MiAaPQ)EBC3051853(StDuBDS)EDZ0002340624(Au-PeEL)EBL3051853(CaPaEBR)ebr10085219(CaONFJC)MIL48182(MiAaPQ)EBC279455(Au-PeEL)EBL279455(OCoLC)826491511(EXLCZ)99100000000002906620010423d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSwimming lessons[electronic resource] keeping afloat in the age of technology /David EhrenfeldLondon ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (266 p.) Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2002.0-19-514852-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231).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 -- Traditions -- Jane Austen and the World of the Community -- Universities and Their Communities -- An Invalid's Guide -- Swimming Lessons -- Bibliography and Suggested Readings -- Index.This is a study of the cost to human dignity and potential of the shrinking wilderness and the ongoing degradation of the environment. The author ruminates on the impacts of short-sighted governmental and economic policies.Oxford scholarship online.Human ecologyEnvironmental degradationCivilization, Modern21st centuryTechnologySocial aspectsHuman ecology.Environmental degradation.Civilization, ModernTechnologySocial aspects.304.2Ehrenfeld David63719MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783272603321Swimming lessons3721739UNINA