The Mountain: A Political History from the Enlightenment to the Present by Debarbieux, Bernard

The Mountain: A Political History from the Enlightenment to the Present (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780226031118)

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The Mountain: A Political History from the Enlightenment to the Present by Debarbieux, Bernard

The Mountain: A Political History from the Enlightenment to the Present

$54.00
The Mountain: A Political History from the Enlightenment to the Present by Debarbieux, Bernard

The Mountain: A Political History from the Enlightenment to the Present

$54.00
Format: Hardcover
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In The Mountain, geographers Bernard Debarbieux and Gilles Rudaz trace the origins of the very concept of a mountain, showing how it is not a mere geographic feature but ultimately an idea, one that has evolved over time, influenced by changes in political climates and cultural attitudes. To truly understand mountains, they argue, we must view them not only as material realities but as social constructs, ones that can mean radically different things to different people in different settings.

From the Enlightenment to the present day, and using a variety of case studies from all the continents, the authors show us how our ideas of and about mountains have changed with the times and how a wide range of policies, from border delineation to forestry as well as nature protection and social programs, have been shaped according to them. A rich hybrid analysis of geography, history, culture, and politics, the book promises to forever change the way we look at mountains.


Author: Bernard Debarbieux,Gilles Rudaz
ISBN-10: 022603111X
ISBN-13: 9780226031118
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2015
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.31h x 6.28w x 0.75d

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Choice 04/01/2016
By Bernard Debarbieux
By Bernard Debarbieux
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Bernard Debarbieux is professor of geography and regional planning at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Gilles Rudaz is a senior lecturer and associate researcher of geography at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and a scientific collaborator at the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment. Jane Marie Todd has translated some seventy books, including Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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