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The illusory boundary : environment and technology in history / edited by Martin Reuss and Stephen H. Cutcliffe.

Van Pelt Library T14.5 .I44 2010
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Reuss, Martin.
Cutcliffe, Stephen H.
Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Technology--Social aspects.
Technology.
Technology--Environmental aspects.
Environmental protection.
Technology and civilization.
Human ecology--Social aspects.
Human ecology.
Physical Description:
ix, 318 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2010]
Contents:
Understanding the place of humans in nature / James C. Williams
Our bodies and our histories of technology and the environment / Joy Parr
Can nature improve technology? / Peter Coates
The nature of industrialization / Sara B. Pritchard and Thomas Zeller
Is there a Chinese view of technology and nature? / Peter C. Perdue
Out west in places and spaces / William D. Rowley
The city as an artifact of technology and the environment / Joel A. Tarr
Waste and pollution : changing views and environmental consequences / Craig E. Colten
Are tomatoes natural? / Ann Vileisis
Can organisms be technology? / Edmund Russell
Where does nature end and culture begin? Converging themes in the history of technology and environmental history / Hugh S. Gorman and Betsy Mendelsohn.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780813929880
0813929881
9780813929897
081392989X
9780813930534
0813930537
OCLC:
502874360
Publisher Number:
99939891588

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