UID:
almafu_9959232432602883
Format:
269 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-674-03924-6
Series Statement:
New histories of science, technology, and medicine
Content:
Democratic or authoritarian, every society needs clean air and water; every state must manage its wildlife and natural resources. In this provocative, comparative study, Josephson asks to what extent the form of a government and its economy--centrally planned or market, colonial or post-colonial--determines how politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, engineers, and industrialists address environmental and social problems presented by the transformation of nature into a humanized landscape.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction: Nature, Technology, and Worldview --
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1. The Modern State, Industry, and the Transformation of Nature --
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2. The Coercive Appeal to Order: Authoritarian Approaches to Resource Management --
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3. Development, Colonialism, and the Environment --
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4. Biodiversity, Sustainability, and Technology in the Twenty-first Century --
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Notes --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-02243-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-01499-5
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
DOI:
10.4159/9780674039247
