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Caring for Place : Ecology, Ideology, and Emotion in Traditional Landscape Management /

How can cultural forms motivate people to care about their environment? While important scientific data about ecosystems is mushrooming, E.N. Anderson argues in this powerful new book that putting effective conservation into practice depends primarily on social solidarity and emotional factors. Mars...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, E. N. (Eugene Newton), Jr., 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How can cultural forms motivate people to care about their environment? While important scientific data about ecosystems is mushrooming, E.N. Anderson argues in this powerful new book that putting effective conservation into practice depends primarily on social solidarity and emotional factors. Marshaling decades of research on cultures across several continents, he shows how societies have been more or less successful in sustainably managing their environments based on collective engagements such as religion, art, song, myth, and story. This provocative and deeply felt book by a leading.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1611329604
9781611329605
9781611327601
1611327601
9781315432496
1315432498