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The Ecology of Eden: An Inquiry Into the Dream of Paradise and a New Vision of Our Role in Nature

Name: The Ecology of Eden: An Inquiry Into the Dream of Paradise and a New Vision of Our Role in Nature
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SKU: 9780375705601
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Contributors:

Evan Eisenberg

Publisher:

Vintage

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Nature, Social Science, Science

Book Subcategory:

Ecology, Human Geography, Life Sciences

Book Topic:

Ecology

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Release Date:

1999-10-05

ISBN 13:

9780375705601

Weight:

1.81 lbs

Size:

8.52 x 5.57 x 1.52 inches

Pages:

640

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"Dazzling . . . a prose epic." --The Washington Post

A mountain peak, a rolling pasture, a boulevard alive with sound and light--each of us carries, deep inside, a dream of paradise. In this magisterial contribution to the literature of ecology and the environment, our nostalgia for the myth of paradise--the primeval, self-sufficient, nurturing garden where mankind was born--is the starting point of a brilliant inquiry into what our place in Nature has been and ought to be.

Writing in lively, imaginative prose and drawing deftly upon disciplines as varied as biology, geology, anthropology, history, physics, and music, Evan Eisenberg examines the ways in which people have envisioned and tried to re-create the earthly paradise even as they have dealt with the often disastrous effects of their increasing manipulation of the environment. An encyclopedic survey of efforts to heal the dangerous rift between culture and nature, The Ecology of Eden is a landmark work that is enormously suggestive, informative, and a joy to read.

"It's a question many writers have tackled, from Paul Ehrlich to E. O. Wilson: How can we survive while population grows, resources dwindle . . . and the threat of global climate change looms ominously? Few have explored it with more originality or historic sweep. . . . A rich harvest, filled with many kernels of wisdom about the future of our elusive Eden."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"An ambitious, thickly braided narrative that makes the clearest bid to nudge the dialectic along. . . . Eisenberg traces the story engagingly, energetically, with a remarkable breadth of learning and a metaphor-maker's eye. . . . A vision of substance and genuine insight." -Los Angeles Times Book Review

About the Author
Evan Eisenberg lives in western Massachusetts.

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