{"product_id":"earthcare-women-and-the-environment-9780415908887","title":"Earthcare Women and the Environment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of the leading thinkers in environmentalism, \u003cem\u003eEarthcare\u003c\/em\u003e brings together Merchant's existing work on the topic of women and the environment as well as updated and new essays. \u003cem\u003eEarthcare\u003c\/em\u003e looks at age-old historical associations of women with nature, beginning with Eve and continuing through to environmental activists of today, women's commitment to environmental conservation, and the problematic assumptions of women as caregivers and men as dominating nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEarthcare: Women and the Environment\u003c\/em\u003e is an important book because it provides historical context as well as calling for an environment ehtic that promotes the well-bing of both human and nonhuman life.\" -- \u003cem\u003eEnvironment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A leading ecofeminist thinker...She challenges humankind to rethink the way the Western world has conceptualized its relationship with nature.\" -- \u003cem\u003eEnvironmental Law\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-selected one-volume compilation of the work of a leading woman scholar in environmental ethics and history will prove useful to the general reader and to classes in environmental history and ethics and women's studies.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePacific Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A collection of essays covering all of Merchant's work to date, \u003cem\u003eEarthcare\u003c\/em\u003e offers an impressive range of analyses which represent the best of ecofeminist argument: historically situated, complexly argued, and sesitive to questions of cultural, racial, and class difference...Besides a fine example of the illuminating nature of the best environmental history, the book would be especially appropriate for classes in history of science, American Studies, and ecofeminism.\" -- \u003cem\u003eEnvironmental History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEarthcare\u003c\/em\u003e provides the reader with a thoughtful accounting of how various cultural and scientific depictions of women\/nature over time contain positive, negative, and problematic implications for women's (and men's) attempts to forge a stronger partnership with the nonhuman world...\u003cem\u003eEarthcare\u003c\/em\u003e represents an engaging and highly readable--yet theoretically challenging--ecofeminist work that will be of value to anyone with interests in the field of women's studies, ecophilosophy, or political economy. Suitable for use in either undergraduate or graduate courses, Merchant's book offers students a more interdisciplinary and organic framework for understanding the gendered complexities of our ecological crisis.\" -- \u003cem\u003eHumanity and Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I urge you to buy and read this book.\" -- Bob J. Baker, Mountain State Sierran\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEarthcare\u003c\/em\u003e is as rewarding as its evocative title suggests...[This] is a rich collection of essays on feminism and the environment...\u003cem\u003eEarthcare\u003c\/em\u003e should be required reading for any environmentalist.\" -- \u003cem\u003eEthics and\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe Environment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations and Tables, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Women and the Environment, PART ONE THEORY, PART TWO HISTORY, PART THREE PRACTICE, Conclusion. Partnership Ethics: Earthcare for a New Millennium, Notes, Index","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018215457111,"sku":"9780415908887","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415908887.jpg?v=1750776041","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/earthcare-women-and-the-environment-9780415908887","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}