Nature's economy : a history of ecological ideas / Donald Worster.

Author/creator Worster, Donald, 1941-
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, ©1994.
Descriptionxiii, 505 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in environment and history
Studies in environment and history. ^A127013
Contents Two roads diverged: Ecology in the eighteenth century. Science in Arcadia ; The empire of reason -- The subversive science: Thoreau's romantic ecology. A naturalist in Concord ; Nature looking into nature ; Roots and branches -- The dismal science: Darwinian ecology. A fallen world ; The education of a scientist ; Scrambling for place ; The ascent of man -- O pioneers: Ecology on the frontier. Words on a map ; Clements and the climax community ; Dust follows the plow -- The morals of a science: Ethics, economics, and ecology. The value of a varmint ; Producers and consumers ; Declarations of interdependence -- The age of ecology: Science and the fate of the earth. Healing the planet ; Disturbing nature.
Local noteLittle-313045--305131015048V
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 474-496) and index.
LCCN 93048248
ISBN0521452732 (hc)
ISBN0521468345 (pb)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks QH540.8 .W67 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold