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Beginning Again: People and Nature in the New Millennium
David Ehrenfeld
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Description for Beginning Again: People and Nature in the New Millennium
Paperback. David Ehrenfeld ranges far and wide in this book to provide a coherent vision of our relationship with Nature - its many aspects and implications - as our century opens into the next millenium. He warns of our heedless destruction of our environment and proposes solutions for a new era. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PS; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284. Very good copy with light shelf wear
The twentieth century is drawing to a chaotic close amidst portents of unprecedented change and upheaval. The unravelling of societies and civilizations and the destruction of nature march together linked a fact whose enormous significance is often lost. In Beginning Again, David Ehrenfeld has undertaken the difficult task of describing the present clearly enough to reveal the future. Out of his broad vision emerges a glimpse of a new nillennium: a vision of once frightening and comforting, a scene of great devastation and great rebuilding. Ehrenfeld ranges far and wide to present a coherent vision of our relationship with ... Read more
The twentieth century is drawing to a chaotic close amidst portents of unprecedented change and upheaval. The unravelling of societies and civilizations and the destruction of nature march together linked a fact whose enormous significance is often lost. In Beginning Again, David Ehrenfeld has undertaken the difficult task of describing the present clearly enough to reveal the future. Out of his broad vision emerges a glimpse of a new nillennium: a vision of once frightening and comforting, a scene of great devastation and great rebuilding. Ehrenfeld ranges far and wide to present a coherent vision of our relationship with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195096378
SKU
KCW0012683
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Ehrenfeld
David Ehrenfeld is one of the most universally admired thinkers on environmental issues. He is editor of Conservation Biology, and a columnist for Orion magazine. His books include Conserving Life on Earth (OUP, 1972), and the Arrogance of Humanism (OUP, 1971).
Reviews for Beginning Again: People and Nature in the New Millennium
From reviews of the hardback: ...from the beginning to end a treasury of good sense on the preservation of our environments...A thought-provoking book, easy to read with some pearls of quotations included. Environmental Policy & Practice