Environmental Discourse and Practice (Paperback)

Lisa M. Benton

ISBN 10: 0631211144 / ISBN 13: 9780631211143

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 1999

About this Item

Paperback. This book brings together a set of readings that throw light on the relationship between people and the environment. Provides both historical background and an analysis of key debates and theories Based on tried and tested classroom teaching material Uses the idea of "environmental discourses" to explain human-environmental relationships aeoGathers together primary and secondary texts on the American environment. aeoExamines the relationships between humans and the environment over time. aeoCan be used separately or in conjunction with the editorsa textbook. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environmental Discourse and Practice (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631211144
• ISBN 13: 9780631211143
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book brings together a set of readings that throw light on the relationship between people and the environment.

• Provides both historical background and an analysis of key debates and theories
• Based on tried and tested classroom teaching material
• Uses the idea of "environmental discourses" to explain human-environmental relationships

About the Author

Lisa M. Benton teaches Geography and Environmental Studies at Colgate University. She is the author of The Presidio: From Army Post to National Park (1998) and numerous articles in such journals as Environmental Ethics, Environment and Planning and Urban Geography.

John Rennie Short is Professor of Geography at Syracuse University. Amongst his publications are The Humane City (1989), Imagined Country (1991), Human Settlement (1993) The Urban Order (1996), New Worlds, New Geographies (1998) and Representing the Republic (1999).