Descript |
ix, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
Contents |
Understanding the place of humans in nature / James C. Williams -- Our bodies and our histories of technology and the environment / Joy Parr -- Can nature improve technology? / Peter Coates -- The nature of industrialization / Sara B. Pritchard and Thomas Zeller -- Is there a Chinese view of technology and nature? / Peter C. Perdue -- Out west in places and spaces / William D. Rowley -- The city as an artifact of technology and the environment / Joel A. Tarr -- Waste and pollution : changing views and environmental consequences / Craig E. Colten -- Are tomatoes natural? / Ann Vileisis -- Can organisms be technology? / Edmund Russell -- Where does nature end and culture begin? Converging themes in the history of technology and environmental history / Hugh S. Gorman and Betsy Mendelsohn. |
ISBN |
9780813929897 (pbk.) |
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9780813929880 (cloth) |
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0813929881 (cloth) |
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081392989X (pbk.) |
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