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by Alexander Wilson (Author)
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This year's round-up of environment-related titles contains some of the best books I've encountered in years. The best of the good is Alexander Wilson's remarkable The Culture of Nature. -- Books in Canada

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Landscape, that region of the earth saturated by human cultures, is today a place of deeply conflicting ideas about the natural world and our relation to it. Wilson traces the responses of Canadian, U.S. and aboriginal cultures to the land. He examines the environments we have built on this continent over the past fifty years as we continue to discover, exploit, protect, restore, and re-enchant a natural world in convulsion.

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  • Paperback: 335 pages
  • Publisher: Between the Lines (April 1, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0921284527
  • ISBN-13: 978-0921284529
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,031,544 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Book that Questions the "Naturalness" of Nature, January 4, 2004
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In "The Culture of Nature," Alexander Wilson argues that our sense of what counts as nature or as natural is by no means a "natural" or spontaneous perception of a preexistant and untouchable Nature. Instead, he demonstrates that how we experience and think of nature are largely shaped by the cultural, social, political, and economic forces that surround us and pervade our experience even when we think we have escaped them by leaving the city and venturing into the great outdoors. To support his argument, Wilson offers compelling anaylses of theme parks, forest preserves, wildlife conservation programs, scenic roadways, car, truck, train and air travel, and more. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the city versus the wildnerness experience, in how cultural forces affect our sense of what is natural, and in the role that government and financial forces have on our experience of our surroundings--especially of our "natural" surroundings.
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