Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western CultureThis work shows how the drive to conquer nature, explore and settle the globe, springs from a utopian pastoral impulse throughout Western history. It traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations in shopping malls, theme parks and gated communities. |
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... Partnership With Nature , " Landscape , Special Issue ( 1998 ) : 69–71 . Carolyn Merchant , " Partnership Ethics : Business and the Environment , " in Patricia Werhane , ed . Environmental Challenges to Business ( Bowling Green , OH ...
... Partnership With Nature , " Landscape , Special Issue ( 1998 ) : 69–71 . Carolyn Merchant , " Partnership Ethics : Business and the Environment , " in Patricia Werhane , ed . Environmental Challenges to Business ( Bowling Green , OH ...
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... PART III . New Stories 9. EARTH IN RECOVERY 187 IO . ORDER OUT OF CHAOS 205 II . PARTNERSHIP 223 EPILOGUE 245 NOTES 247 BIBLIOGRAPHY 277 INDEX 293 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Working on Reinventing Eden has afforded me the opportunity.
... PART III . New Stories 9. EARTH IN RECOVERY 187 IO . ORDER OUT OF CHAOS 205 II . PARTNERSHIP 223 EPILOGUE 245 NOTES 247 BIBLIOGRAPHY 277 INDEX 293 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Working on Reinventing Eden has afforded me the opportunity.
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