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The usufructuary ethos : power, politics, and environment in the long eighteenth century /

"The Usufructuary Ethos traces an overlooked thread of environmental thought from the religious and legal writings of the seventeenth century through mid-eighteeenth-century poems of colonial commerce, attending to the particular political, economic, and environmental pressures that shaped, tra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Drew, Erin E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Colección:Walker Cowen Memorial Prize.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The Usufructuary Ethos traces an overlooked thread of environmental thought from the religious and legal writings of the seventeenth century through mid-eighteeenth-century poems of colonial commerce, attending to the particular political, economic, and environmental pressures that shaped, transformed, and ultimately sidelined it"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages)
Premios:"Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize for an outstanding work of scholarship in eighteenth-century studies."
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813945811
081394581X