Dust: A History of the Small and the Invisible

Joseph A. Amato

ISBN 10: 0520218752 / ISBN 13: 9780520218758

Published by University of California Press, 2000

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Synopsis:

While the story of the big has often been told, the story of the small has not yet even been outlined. This text provides a history of the small and the invisible, meditating on how dust has been experienced and the small has been imagined across the ages. Examining a thousand years of Western civilization - from the naturalism of medieval philosophy, to the artistry of the Renaissance, to the scientific and industrial revolutions, to the modern worlds of nanotechnology and viral diseases - the book offers a story of the genesis of the microcosm.

About the Author: Joseph A. Amato is Dean of Rural and Regional Studies at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota. Some of his most recent titles include Golf Beats Us All (So We Love It) (1997); The Decline of Rural Minnesota (1993); The Great Jerusalem Artichoke Circus: The Buying and Selling of the American Rural Dream (1993); and Victims and Values: A History and Theory of Suffering (1990).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dust: A History of the Small and the ...
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Rorer, Abigail
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket