Ecological Revolutions Nature, Gender, and Science in New England

Name: Ecological Revolutions Nature, Gender, and Science in New England
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ISBN: 9780807842546

ISBN-10: 0807842540

ISBN-13: 9780807842546

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Authors: Carolyn Merchant

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By exploring the stages of ecological transformation that took place in New England as European settlers took control of the land, Carolyn Merchant develops a fresh approach to environmental history. Her analysis of how human communities are related to their environment opens a perspective that goes beyond overt changes in the landscape. Merchant brings to light the dense network of links between the human realm of economic regimes, social structure, and gender relations, as they are conditioned by a dominant worldview, and the ecological realm of plant and animal life. Thus we see how the integration of the Indians with their natural world was shattered by Europeans who engaged in…

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List price: $29.95
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 12/15/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 398
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Carolyn Merchant is professor of environmental history, philosophy, and ethics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is author ofThe Death of Nature,Reinventing Eden, and several other books on environmental history. She is a past president of the American Society for Environmental History and a recipient of the society's distinguished scholar award.