This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.
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Growing concern for the natural environment has opened up a new field of inter-disciplinary studies of relations between man and nature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
industrialized inputs, mutual embedment, female descent groups, religious environmentalist paradigm, male nature spirits, chena cultivation, basic ontological conceptions, swamp spirit, dung manure, goat houses, dualistic principles, fertile powers, sky spirit, environmental behaviour, swidden cultivation, passive adaptation, global ideology, forest produce, environmental philosophy, very strong emphasis, natural metaphors, gender concepts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, New York, Sri Lanka, Cambridge University Press, Northern Areas, Oxford University Press, Khunjerab National Park, Forest Department, Kuala Lumpur, Mother Rice, Northeast Thailand, Khrosh Nawaz, Marco Polo, Saifullah Jan, Hong Kong, Mother Water, Naa Din Dam, Stanford University Press, Karakoram Highway, South East Asia, University of Hawaii Press, Anthropological Approaches, Changing Tropical Forests, Far Eastern Economic Review, Historical Perspectives New!
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Growing concern for the natural environment has opened up a new field of inter-disciplinary studies of relations between man and nature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
industrialized inputs, mutual embedment, female descent groups, religious environmentalist paradigm, male nature spirits, chena cultivation, basic ontological conceptions, swamp spirit, dung manure, goat houses, dualistic principles, fertile powers, sky spirit, environmental behaviour, swidden cultivation, passive adaptation, global ideology, forest produce, environmental philosophy, very strong emphasis, natural metaphors, gender concepts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, New York, Sri Lanka, Cambridge University Press, Northern Areas, Oxford University Press, Khunjerab National Park, Forest Department, Kuala Lumpur, Mother Rice, Northeast Thailand, Khrosh Nawaz, Marco Polo, Saifullah Jan, Hong Kong, Mother Water, Naa Din Dam, Stanford University Press, Karakoram Highway, South East Asia, University of Hawaii Press, Anthropological Approaches, Changing Tropical Forests, Far Eastern Economic Review, Historical Perspectives New!
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- Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought: Essays in Environmental Philosophy (Suny Series in Philosophy and Biology) by J. Baird Callicott on 6 pages
- Nature, Culture and Gender by Carol MacCormack on page 86, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Japanese Culture and Behaviour: Selected Readings by Takie Sugiyama Lebra on page 209, page 211, and page 212
- Primitive Classification by Emile Durkheim on page 102, page 251, and page 255
- Bush Base, Forest Farm: Culture, Environment, and Development (European Inter-University Development Opportunities Study Group) by Elisabeth Croll on page 22, page 23, and Back Matter
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- Japanese Images of Nature: Cultural Perspectives (NIAS Man and Nature in Asia) by Pamela J. Asquith on 6 pages
- Environmental Movements in Asia (Man and Nature, No. 4) by Arne Kalland on 5 pages
- River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India by David L. Haberman on 4 pages
- Environment, Education and Society in the Asia-Pacific: Local Traditions and Global Discourses (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies) by John Fien on 4 pages
- Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics (Ashgate World Philosophies Series) (Ashgate World Philosophies Series) by Simon P. James on 4 pages
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