| Description |
xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. A Garden Planet -- Pt. I. Genesis of the Recovery Narrative -- 2. The Fall from Eden -- 3. Recovering the Garden -- 4. From Wilderness to Civilization -- Pt. II. New World Edens -- 5. Adam as Hero -- 6. Eve as Nature -- 7. Colonizing Eden -- 8. Eden Commodified -- Pt. III. New Stories -- 9. Earth in Recovery -- 10. Order out of Chaos -- 11. Partnership |
| Summary |
"Reinventing Eden traces the Garden of Eden myth from the Mesopotamian regions where agriculture - and the creation myth - first began, through the Greek and Roman empires, the Enlightenment, and the modern capitalist world. With eloquence and insight, Merchant shows how the drive to conquer nature, and to explore and settle the globe, springs from this utopian pastoral impulse. Time and again, human manipulation of the environment is our downfall: Eden is achieved by fencing off pristine beauty in national parks and wildlife preserves, while leaving the majority of the Earth in ruins."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Paperback published in 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-292) and index |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Philosophy.
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Human ecology -- History.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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| LC no. |
2002036787 |
| ISBN |
0415931649 alkaline paper |
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