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BL
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874311
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Merchant, Carolyn.
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| Title & Author
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Reinventing Eden : : the fate of nature in western culture /\ Carolyn Merchant.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Taylor and Francis,, 2013.
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1 online resource (305 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203079647
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: 0415644259
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: 0415644267
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: 1136161252
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: 9780203079645
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: 9780415644259
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: 9780415644266
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: 9781136161254
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Reinventing Eden The Fate of Nature in Western Culture; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. A Garden Planet; Part I Genesis of the Recovery Narrative; 2. The Fall from Eden; 3. Recovering the Garden; 4. From Wilderness to Civilization; Part II New World Edens; 5. Adam As Hero; 6. Eve As Nature; 7. Colonizing Eden; 8. Eden Commodified; Part III New Stories; 9. Earth in Recovery; 10. Order out of Chaos; 11. Partnership; Epilogue; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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This revised edition of Carolyn's Merchant's classic Reinventing Eden has been updated with a new foreword and afterword. Visionary quests to return to the Garden of Eden have shaped Western Culture. This book traces the idea of rebuilding the primeval garden from its origins to its latest incarnations and offers a bold new way to think about the earth.
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Human ecology-- History.
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Human ecology-- Philosophy.
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Nature-- Effect of human beings on.
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Human ecology-- Philosophy.
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Human ecology.
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Nature-- Effect of human beings on.
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| Dewey Classification
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304.28
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| LC Classification
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GF21.M473 2013eb
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