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Traces on the Rhodian Shore

Nature and Culture in Western Thought from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century

By: Clarence J. Glacken

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Traces on the Rhodian Shore

Nature and Culture in Western Thought from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century

By: Clarence J. Glacken

In the history of Western thought, men have persistently asked three questions concerning the habitable earth and their relationships to it. Is the earth, which is obviously a fit environment for man and other organic life, a purposefully made creation? Have its climates, its relief, the configuration of its continents influenced the moral and social nature of individuals, and have they had an influence in molding the character and nature of human culture? In his long tenure of the earth, in what manner has man changed it from its hypothetical pristine condition? From the time of the Greeks to our own, answers to these questions have been and are being given so frequently and so continually that we may restate them in the form of general ideas: the idea of a designed earth; the idea of environmental influence; and the idea of man as a geographic agent. These ideas have come from the general thought and experience of men, but the first owes much to mythology, theology, and philosophy; the second, to pharmaceutical lore, medicine, and weather observation; the third, to the plans, activities, and skills of everyday life such as cultivation, carpentry, and weaving. The first two ideas were expressed frequently in antiquity, the third less so, although it was implicit in many discussions which recognized the obvious fact that men through their arts, sciences, and techniques had changed the physical environment about them. This magnum opus of Clarence Glacken explores all of these questions from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century.

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Univ of California Press

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0520032160

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9780520032163

The Great Loochoo

A Study of Okinawan Village Life

By: Clarence J. Glacken

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The Great Loochoo

A Study of Okinawan Village Life

By: Clarence J. Glacken

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1955.

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356

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Univ of California Press

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0520346386

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9780520346383

Genealogies of Environmentalism

The Lost Works of Clarence Glacken

By: Clarence Glacken

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Genealogies of Environmentalism

The Lost Works of Clarence Glacken

By: Clarence Glacken

Clarence Glacken wrote one of the most important books on environmental issues published in the twentieth century. His magnum opus, Traces on the Rhodian Shore, first published in 1967, details the ways in which perceptions of the natural environment have profoundly influenced human enterprise over the centuries while, conversely, permitting humans to radically alter the Earth. Although Glacken did not publish a comparable book before his death in 1989, he did write a follow-up collection of essays—lost works now compiled at last in Genealogies of Environmentalism. This new volume comprises all of Glacken's unpublished writings to follow Traces and covers a broad temporal and geographic canvas, spanning the globe from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Each essay offers a brief intellectual biography of an important environmental thinker and addresses questions such as how many people the Earth can hold, what resources can sustain such populations, and where land for growth is located. This collection—carefully edited and annotated, and organized chronologically—will prove both a classic text and a springboard for further discussions on the history of environmental thought.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813939097

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9780813939094

Traces on the Rhodian Shore

Nature and Culture in Western Thought from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century

By: Clarence J. Glacken

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Nature and Culture in Western Thought from Ancient Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century

By: Clarence J. Glacken

In the history of Western thought, men have persistently asked three questions concerning the habitable earth and their relationships toit. From the time of the Greeks to our own, answers to these questions have been and are being given so frequently and so continually that we may restate them in the form of general ideas.

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Univ of California Press

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0520023676

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9780520023673

Clarence John Laughlin

Prophet Without Honor

By: A. J. Meek

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Prophet Without Honor

By: A. J. Meek

A biography of a New Orleans photographer of worldwide acclaim

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578069092

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Book's by Clarence J. Glacken

Traces on the Rhodian Shore

Traces on the Rhodian Shore

The Great Loochoo

The Great Loochoo

Genealogies of Environmentalism

Genealogies of Environmentalism

Traces on the Rhodian Shore

Traces on the Rhodian Shore

Clarence John Laughlin

Clarence John Laughlin

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