{"product_id":"the-problem-of-nature-environment-and-culture-in-historical-perspective-paperback-softback-9780631190219","title":"The Problem of Nature; Environment and Culture in Historical Perspective (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631190219","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Problem of Nature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEnvironment and Culture in Historical Perspective\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Arnold (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631190219, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 August 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.6 cm, 0.312 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book considers how nature - in both its biological and environmental manifestations - has been invoked as a dynamic force in human history. It shows how historians, philosophers, geographers, anthropologists and scientists have used ideas of nature to explain the evolution of cultures, to understand cultural difference, and to justify or condemn colonization, slavery and racial superiority. It examines the central part that ideas of environmental and biological determinism have played in theory, and describes how these ideas have served in different ways at different times as instruments of authority, identity and defiance. The book shows how powerful and problematic the invocation of nature can be.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword. \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Place of Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Reappraising Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Environment as Catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Crossing Biological Boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Ecological Frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Environmental Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Inventing Tropicality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Colonizing Nature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuide to Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460666814744,"sku":"9780631190219","price":35.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631190219.jpg?v=1785457438","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-problem-of-nature-environment-and-culture-in-historical-perspective-paperback-softback-9780631190219","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}