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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is an interesting and well written set of essays that provides fresh and illuminating insights on many important topics, which makes it indispensible to practitioners and students of environmental history across the globe. Indeed, because it comments on so many topical issues, it should be of interest to anyone concerned about current environmental problems, their origins, and possible solutions.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty Discussing this challenge for a diverse set of resources from fish to rubber, these essays show that deficient knowledge is a far more pervasive challenge in resource history than conventional readings suggest. Furthermore, environmental ignorance does not inevitably shrink with the march of scientific progress: these essays suggest more of a dialectical relationship between knowledge and ignorance that has different shapes and trajectories. With its combination of empirical case studies and theoretical reflection, the essays make a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary debate on the production and resilience of ignorance. At the same time, this volume combines insights from different continents as well as the seas in between and thus sketches outlines of an emerging global resource history.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Information is crucial when it comes to the management of resources. But what if knowledge is incomplete, or biased, or otherwise deficient How did people define patterns of proper use in the absence of cognitive certainty Discussing this challenge for a diverse set of resources from fish to rubber, these essays show that deficient knowledge is a far more pervasive challenge in resource history than conventional readings suggest. Furthermore, environmental ignorance does not inevitably shrink with the march of scientific progress: these essays suggest more of a dialectical relationship between knowledge and ignorance that has different shapes and trajectories. With its combination of empirical case studies and theoretical reflection, the essays make a significant contribution to the interdisciplinary debate on the production and resilience of ignorance. At the same time, this volume combines insights from different continents as well as the seas in between and thus sketches outlines of an emerging global resource history.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Managing the Unknown | Essays on Environmental Ignorance | Frank Uekötter (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Environment in History: International Perspectives | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2016 | Berghahn Books | EAN 9781785332074 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

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