Reordering the natural world : humans and animals in the city /

Reordering the natural world : humans and animals in the city /

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Author / Creator:	Sabloff, Annabelle, 1944-
Imprint:	Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Human-animal relationships. Urban ecology (Sociology) Human-animal relationships. Urban ecology (Sociology) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11184192

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ISBN:	9781442679221 1442679220 1282033751 9781282033757 0802048323 0802083617 9780802048325 9780802083616
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Reordering the Natural World is a account of the many and varied ways in which animals and humans interact in the urban context. In looking at these interactions, Annabelle Sabloff argues that the everyday practices of contemporary capitalist society contribute to our alienation from the rest of nature. At the same time, however, she reveals the often disguised affinities and sense of connection that urban Canadians nonetheless manifest in their relations with animals and the natural world." "With this text, Sabloff not only provides insight into the study of relations between humans and the natural world, she lays a cornerstone for building a new structure for the study of anthropology itself."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Sabloff, Annabelle, 1944- Reordering the natural world. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2001 9780802048325

Table of Contents:

Prologue: The Pasture in the Metropolis
Introduction: Nature and the City
Constructing the Natural Order
Nature as a Cultural System
Anthropology and the Natural World
Human-Animal Relations in the City
Reproducing the Natural Order: The Domestic Domain
Manufacturing the Natural Order: The Factory Domain
Reordering the Natural World: The Civic Domain and the Invention of History
Naming the Other in Western Culture
Missing Metaphors
Anthropology as Natural History
Epilogue: A Dream in a City Park.