Inescapable ecologies [[electronic resource] ] : a history of environment, disease, and knowledge / / Linda Nash |
Autore | Nash Linda Lorraine |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 614.4/2794 |
Soggetto topico |
Medical geography - California - History
Environmental health - California - History Public health - California - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
19th century
20th century biomedicine california cancer clusters causes of disease central valley disease history ecologists ecology ecosystem environment and culture environmental history environmental impact environmental movement environmental protest environmentalists germ theory human impact illness natural science natural world nonfiction pollution public health regional ecology textbooks toxic chemicals wilderness |
ISBN |
9786611752521
0-520-93999-9 1-281-75252-5 1-60129-529-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Body And Environment In An Era Of Colonization -- 2. Placing Health And Disease -- 3. Producing A Sanitary Landscape -- 4. Modern Landscapes And Ecological Bodies -- 5. Contesting The Space Of Disease -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784418003321 |
Nash Linda Lorraine
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LifePlace : bioregional thought and practice / / Robert L. Thayer, Jr |
Autore | Thayer Robert L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.7/2 |
Collana | BFI Modern Classics |
Soggetto topico | Bioregionalism |
Soggetto non controllato |
bioregional movement
bioregionalism california case study environmental studies fauna and flora indigenous peoples local agriculture local economies local geography local living local residents modern lives natural living natural world nonfiction place history putah cache watershed regional ecology regional history sacramento valley social and cultural sustainable business sustainable living textbooks work and play working locally |
ISBN |
1-59734-714-0
9786612359606 1-282-35960-6 0-520-93680-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction. Bioregional Thinking -- 1. Grounding. Finding the Physical Place -- 2. Living. Awakening to a Live Region -- 3. Re-inhabiting. Recovering a Bioregional Culture -- 4. Fulfilling. Celebrating the Spirit of Place -- 5. Imagining. Creating Art of the Life-Place -- 6. Trading. Exchanging Natural Values -- 7. Planning. Designing a Life-Place -- 8. Building. Making Bioregions Work -- 9. Learning. Spreading Local Wisdom -- 10. Acting. Taking Personal Responsibility -- Notes -- General Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783044603321 |
Thayer Robert L
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