Nature's economy
Subtitle: a history of ecological ideas
By: Donald Worster.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Studies in environment and history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
Subjects: Ecology -- History
Description: Nature's Economy is a wide-ranging investigation of ecology's past. It traces the origins of the concept, discusses the thinkers who have shaped it, and shows how it in turn has shaped the modern perception of our place in nature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-496) and index.