
Culture, Landscape, and the Environment
The Linacre Lectures 1997
Oxford University Press
Published on 30. November 2000
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-19-823378-7 (ISBN)
Description
The environment we inhabit is inseparable from culture. The contributors to this volume move through time and space - from prehistoric Europe to the Enlightenment, and from Aboriginal Australia to the industrial heart of Britain - to compare the ways in which the environment is constructed in different ways across cultures. The book transcends disciplinary boundaries, bringing together leading anthropologists, archaeologists, geographers, historians, and literary scholars to provide challenging perspectives on the ways in which culture influences human conceptions of landscape and the environment. The essays explore the interrelationship between values and emotions associated with 'landscape', and the economic practices that help to shape the physical and social environments in which people live. The book provides powerful evidence of the role of culture in shaping our understanding of the material world.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
halftones
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-823378-7 (9780198233787)
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Persons
Editor
Reader in Victorian and Modern English Literature, and FellowReader in Victorian and Modern English Literature, and Fellow, Linacre College, Oxford
Director, Centre for Cross-Cultural ResearchDirector, Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University, Canberra
Content
INTRODUCTION