Swimming lessons [[electronic resource] ] : keeping afloat in the age of technology / / David Ehrenfeld

• Autore: Ehrenfeld David
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology; Environmental degradation; Civilization, Modern - 21st century; Technology - Social aspects
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2002.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231).
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Swimming lessons
• ISBN: 0-19-756186-1; 1-280-48182-X; 9786610481828; 0-19-518632-X; 0-19-803386-9; 1-60256-715-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783272603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.