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University of Minnesota Press
- Beyond Preservation: Restoring and Inventing Landscapes
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- 1994
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
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Beyond Preservation was first published in 1993. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
Addressing current ecological issues, from the philosophical to the practical, Frederick Turner and William R. Jordan III Here offer a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between the humans and nature. Challenging the idea that preserving nature is the only solution to environmental problems, they advocate going beyond preservation to restoration and actual construction of our landscape. Fifteen respondents reflect on the implications and consequences of Turner’s and Jordan’s bold proposals.
“Ecological restoration is the most helpful and provocative contribution to our thinking about nature to come along in many years, and Beyond Preservation is without a doubt the best book on the subject to date.” Michael Polan, Harper’s
Contributors include Gary W. Barrett, Ann Cline, David L. Gorchov, William Jordan III, G. Stanley Kane, Jack Temple Kirby, Dora G. Lodwick, Orie L. Loucks, Kimberly E. Medley, Constance Pierce, Ellen Price, Frederick Turner, John E. Wierwille, and Gene E. Willeke.
Addressing current ecological issues, from the philosophical to the practical, Frederick Turner and William R. Jordan III Here offer a new paradigm for understanding the relationship between the humans and nature. Challenging the idea that preserving nature is the only solution to environmental problems, they advocate going beyond preservation to restoration and actual construction of our landscape. Fifteen respondents reflect on the implications and consequences of Turner’s and Jordan’s bold proposals.
“Ecological restoration is the most helpful and provocative contribution to our thinking about nature to come along in many years, and Beyond Preservation is without a doubt the best book on the subject to date.” Michael Polan, Harper’s
Contributors include Gary W. Barrett, Ann Cline, David L. Gorchov, William Jordan III, G. Stanley Kane, Jack Temple Kirby, Dora G. Lodwick, Orie L. Loucks, Kimberly E. Medley, Constance Pierce, Ellen Price, Frederick Turner, John E. Wierwille, and Gene E. Willeke.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. vii
- PART I: BEYOND PRESERVATION
- The Invented Landscape
- pp. 35-66
- PART II: THEORY
- PART III: PRACTICE
- Art and Insight in Remnant Native Ecosystems
- pp. 127-135
- PART IV: IMPLICATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES
- Concrete Beasts/Plaster Gardens
- pp. 195-204
- PART V: RESPONSES
- Sunflower Seeds
- pp. 243-250
- The Invented Landscape (Reprise)
- pp. 251-259
- Contributors
- pp. 267-272
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816685486
Related ISBN(s)
9780816623471
MARC Record
OCLC
232159894
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No