Traces on the Rhodian Shore : Nature and Culture in Western Thought from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century / Clarence J. Glacken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glacken, Clarence J., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography.

Nature--Religious aspects--History of doctrines.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1310 p.) : Num. figs.

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Abbreviations

PART ONE. The Ancient World

Introductory Essay

Chapter 1. Order and Purpose in the Cosmos and on Earth

Chapter 2. Airs, Waters, Places

Chapter 3. Creating a Second Nature

Chapter 4. God, Man, and Nature in Judeo-Christian Theology

PART TWO. The Christian Middle Ages

Chapter 5. The Earth as a Planned Abode for Man

Chapter 6. Environmental Influences Within a Divinely Created World

Chapter 7. Interpreting Piety and Activity, and Their Effects on Nature

PART THREE. Early Modern Times

Chapter 8. Physico -Theology: Deeper Understandings of the Earth as a Habitable Planet

Chapter 9. Environmental Theories of Early Modern Times

Chapter 10. Growing Consciousness of the Control of Nature

PART FOUR. Culture and Environment in the Eighteenth Century

Chapter 11. Final Strengths and Weaknesses of Physico -Theology

Chapter 12. Climate, the Moeurs, Religion, and Government

Chapter 13. Environment, Population, and the Perfectibility of Man

Chapter 14. The Epoch of Man in the History of Nature

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)

ISBN:

0-520-34305-0

OCLC:

1224278484