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Swimming lessons : keeping afloat in the age of technology / David Ehrenfeld.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ehrenfeld, David.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human ecology.
- Environmental degradation.
- Civilization, Modern--21st century.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a study of the cost to human dignity and potential of the shrinking wilderness and the ongoing degradation of the environment. The author ruminates on the impacts of short-sighted governmental and economic policies.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Part 1. The Lies We Live
- Brainstorming
- Pretending
- The Magic of the Internet
- Nothing Simple
- Sherlock, Nero, and Us
- Part 2. Wrecking Our Civilization: A Manual
- Rejecting Gifts
- Adaptation
- Forecast: Chilly, Overcast, Light Drizzle, No People Left
- Pseudocommunities
- Obsolescence
- Social Evolution versus Sudden Change
- Writing
- Part 3. Deadly Economics
- Affluence and Austerity
- Durable Goods
- Spending Our Capital
- Saving by Selling
- Hot Spots and the Globalization of Conservation
- The Gingko and the Stump
- The Death Penalty
- Part 4. Relating to Nature in a Manmade World
- The Vine Cleaners
- A Connoisseur of Nature
- Death of a Plastic Palm
- Scientific Discoveries and Nature's Mysteries
- I Reinvent Agriculture
- Thinking about Breeds and Species
- Teaching Field Ecology
- More Field Ecology: Rightofway Island
- A Walk in the Woods
- Degrees of Intimacy
- Part 5. Restoring the Community
- The Utopia Fallacy
- Traditions
- Jane Austen and the World of the Community
- Universities and Their Communities
- An Invalid's Guide
- Swimming Lessons
- Bibliography and Suggested Readings
- Index.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-231).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-756186-1
- 1-280-48182-X
- 9786610481828
- 0-19-518632-X
- 0-19-803386-9
- 1-60256-715-8
- OCLC:
- 70734784
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