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Becoming good ancestors : how we balance nature, community, and technology /
A brilliant writer and gifted "big picture" thinker, David Ehrenfeld is one of America's leading conservation biologists. Becoming Good Ancestors unites in a single, up-to-date framework pieces written over two decades, spanning politics, ecology, and culture, and illuminating the for...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A brilliant writer and gifted "big picture" thinker, David Ehrenfeld is one of America's leading conservation biologists. Becoming Good Ancestors unites in a single, up-to-date framework pieces written over two decades, spanning politics, ecology, and culture, and illuminating the forces in modern society that thwart our efforts to solve today's hard questions about society and the environment. The book focuses on our present-day retreat from reality, our alienation from nature, our unthinking acceptance of new technology and rejection of the old, the loss of our ability to discrimin |
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| Notas: | Revised edition of: Swimming lessons / David Ehrenfeld. 2002. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 302 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-290) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199706112 0199706115 9780195373783 0195373782 1282053892 9781282053892 9786612053894 6612053895 |