The illusory boundary : environment and technology in history /

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"The view of nature and technology inhabiting totally different, even opposite, spheres persists across time and cultures. Most people would consider an English countryside or a Louisiana bayou to be "natural," though each is to an extent the product of technology. Pollution, widely t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Reuss, Martin, Cutcliffe, Stephen H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Technology > Social aspects.
Technology > Environmental aspects.
Environmental protection.
Technology and civilization.
Human ecology > Social aspects.
Écologie humaine > Aspect social.
Technologie et civilisation.
Environnement > Protection.
Technologie > Aspect de l'environnement.
environmental protection.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
SCIENCE > History.
Sociale aspecten.
Ecologische aspecten.
Natuurbehoud.
Technologie.
Menselijke invloed.
Industriële ontwikkeling.
Industrialisatie.
Teknik > sociala aspekter.
Humanekologi > sociala aspekter.
Teknik och samhälle.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding the place of humans in nature / James C. Williams
  • Our bodies and our histories of technology and the environment / Joy Parr
  • Can nature improve technology? / Peter Coates
  • The nature of industrialization / Sara B. Pritchard and Thomas Zeller
  • Is there a Chinese view of technology and nature? / Peter C. Perdue
  • Out west in places and spaces / William D. Rowley
  • The city as an artifact of technology and the environment / Joel A. Tarr
  • Waste and pollution : changing views and environmental consequences / Craig E. Colten
  • Are tomatoes natural? / Ann Vileisis
  • Can organisms be technology? / Edmund Russell
  • Where does nature end and culture begin? Converging themes in the history of technology and environmental history / Hugh S. Gorman and Betsy Mendelsohn.

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