Caring for Place : Ecology, Ideology, and Emotion in Traditional Landscape Management /

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Author / Creator:	Anderson, E. N.
Imprint:	Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Landscape ecology. Landscape assessment. Cultural landscapes. Traditional farming. Cultural landscapes. Landscape assessment. Landscape ecology. Traditional farming. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11228776

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ISBN:	1611329604 9781611329605 9781611327601 1611327601 9781611329582 1611329582 9781611329599 1611329590
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	How can cultural forms motivate people to care about their environment? While important scientific data about ecosystems is mushrooming, E.N. Anderson argues in this powerful new book that putting effective conservation into practice depends primarily on social solidarity and emotional factors. Marshaling decades of research on cultures across several continents, he shows how societies have been more or less successful in sustainably managing their environments based on collective engagements such as religion, art, song, myth, and story. This provocative and deeply felt book by a leading.
Other form:	Print version: 9781611329582 1611329582

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