Ecological revolutions : nature, gender, and science in New England / / Carolyn Merchant ; with a new preface and epilogue by the author

• Autore: Merchant Carolyn
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, 2010
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 304.20974
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology - New England - History; Indians of North America - New England - Economic conditions; Human ecology - Philosophy - History
• Soggetto geografico: New England Economic conditions
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface -- 1 Ecology and History -- PART ONE: The Colonial Ecological Revolution -- 2 Animals into Resources -- 3 From Corn Mothers to Puritan Fathers -- 4 The Animate Cosmos of the Colonial Farmer -- PART TWO: The Capitalist Ecological Revolution -- 5 Farm Ecology: Subsistence versus Market -- 6 The Mechanization of Nature: Managing Farms and Forests -- 7 Nature, Mother, and Industry -- 8 Epilogue: The Global Ecological Revolution -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A: Foods of Southeastern New England Indians, 1600-1675 -- Appendix B: Pelts Exported by John Pynchon, 1652-1663 -- Appendix C: Profile of Fifteen Inland Massachusetts Towns -- Appendix D: Land Use in Concord, Massachusetts -- Appendix E: Products of the New England Forest, 1840 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ecological revolutions
• ISBN: 1-4696-0389-6; 0-8078-9962-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821275203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.