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Social Nature: Theory, Practice and Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780631215684)
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xThis groundbreaking collection brings together for the first time diverse geographical work on the social construction of nature. Eleven leading contributors not only discuss social nature, but look at the concrete ways in which it is made and the political implications of its construction.
- Brings together for the first time diverse geographical work on the social construction of nature.
- Eleven leading contributors not only discuss social nature, but look at the concrete ways in which it is made and the political implications of its construction.
- Uses international case studies to illustrate the theoretical positions.
- A helpful introduction by the editors sets the chapters in context.
- Enables teachers and students to explore the ways in which social nature is evident and to engage with the direct implications of this for human lives, ecologies and politics.
Author: Noel Castree
ISBN-10: 0631215689
ISBN-13: 9780631215684
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 11/28/2001
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.02w x 0.83d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2002 pg. 1842
By Noel Castree
xNoel Castree is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester. Co-editor (with Bruce Braun) of Remaking reality: nature at the millennium (1998), he has published widely on social theory approaches to nature, with a particular focus on Marxian political economy. He is currently undertaking research on the commodifiaction of human genes and the commercial, cultural and ethical aspects of patenting living entities.
Bruce Braun is Assistant Professor in Geography at the University of Minnesota. He is co-editor (with Noel Castree) of Remaking reality: nature at the millennium (1998) and has published widely on the social construction and cultural politics of nature. He is currently doing research on nature, the state and modernity in post-war Canada.
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