{"product_id":"people-and-places-of-nature-and-culture-9781841504018","title":"People and Places of Nature and Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the rich and vital Australian Aboriginal understanding of country as a model, \u003cem\u003ePeople and Places of Nature and Culture \u003c\/em\u003eaffirms the importance of a sustainable relationship between nature and culture. While current thought includes the mistaken notion—perpetuated by natural history, ecology, and political economy—that humans have a mastery over the Earth, this book demonstrates the problems inherent in this view. In the current age of climate change, this is an important appraisal of the relationship between nature and culture, and a projection of what needs to change if we want to achieve environmental stability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers a wealth of insights and new ways of seeing and debating complex and enduring environmental questions'\u003c\/em\u003e – David Hollinsworth, Australasian Journal of Environmental Management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: From Sustainability to Symbiosis   \u003cstrong\u003ePART I: CULTURAL NATURE\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Nature of Natures and the Cultures of Natures\u003c\/p\u003e   Chapter 2: Is the Public Sphere to the Biosphere as Culture is to Nature (as Male is to Female)? \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePART II: LANDSCAPE AESTHETICS\u003c\/strong\u003e   Chapter 3: Nature's Fairest Forms: Aesthetics of Nature  Chapter 4: Pleasing Prospects Revista’d: The Gentleman's Park Estate  \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePART III: COLONIAL COUNTRY\u003c\/strong\u003e   Chapter 5: Home in the Wilds: Wild(er)ness as a Cultural Category Chapter 6: Riding Roughshod Over It: Mateship Against the Bush   \u003cstrong\u003ePART IV: NATIONAL PARKLANDS\u003c\/strong\u003e   Chapter 7: Nature Sanctuarized: 'Our' National Parks as Modern Cathedrals  Chapter 8: Sites and Rights of Enjoyment: Nature and Native Title in National Parks  \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePART V: INDUSTRIAL LAND USE\u003c\/strong\u003e   Chapter 9: Eating Earth: Mining and Gluttony  Chapter 10: Kings in Kimberley Watercourses and Wetlands: Sadism and Pastoralism  \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePART VI: LAND SYMBIOTICS\u003c\/strong\u003e   Chapter 11: 'We are the Land Ourselves': Aboriginal Country is a Cultural Landscape Chapter 12: Home is Here: Livelihood, Bioregion and Symbiosis","brand":"Intellect Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042923217239,"sku":"9781841504018","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841504018.jpg?v=1750956240","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/people-and-places-of-nature-and-culture-9781841504018","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}