Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
- ISBN-10
- 0393315118
- ISBN-13
- 9780393315110
- Series
- Uncommon Ground
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 561
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996-10-17
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- William Cronon
Description
Essays by revisionist historians, scientists, and cultural critics explore the connection between nature and American culture, analyzing how it is packaged and presented at places such as Sea World and the Nature Company stores
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