LEADER 03533nam 22007214a 450 001 9910783272603321 005 20230207223549.0 010 $a0-19-756186-1 010 $a1-280-48182-X 010 $a9786610481828 010 $a0-19-518632-X 010 $a0-19-803386-9 010 $a1-60256-715-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000029066 035 $a(OCoLC)70734784 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10085219 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000254544 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000254544 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10207888 035 $a(PQKB)11219446 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3051853 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002340624 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3051853 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10085219 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL48182 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279455 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL279455 035 $a(OCoLC)826491511 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000029066 100 $a20010423d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSwimming lessons$b[electronic resource] $ekeeping afloat in the age of technology /$fDavid Ehrenfeld 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2002. 311 $a0-19-514852-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231). 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aThis is a study of the cost to human dignity and potential of the shrinking wilderness and the ongoing degradation of the environment. The author ruminates on the impacts of short-sighted governmental and economic policies. 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 606 $aHuman ecology 606 $aEnvironmental degradation 606 $aCivilization, Modern$y21st century 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 615 0$aHuman ecology. 615 0$aEnvironmental degradation. 615 0$aCivilization, Modern 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 676 $a304.2 700 $aEhrenfeld$b David$063719 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783272603321 996 $aSwimming lessons$93721739 997 $aUNINA