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Nature, technology, and society : cultural roots of the current environmental crisis / Victor Ferkiss.
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [1994]Description: viii, 341 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780814726174
- 0814726178
- Nature, technology, & society
- GF 21 .F47 1994
Contents:
1. To Serve Man or to Serve Nature? Nature and Technology in Ancient and Classical Civilizations -- 2. Religion, Nature, and Technology: The Medieval Explosion -- 3. Technology Flourishes: The Renaissance and the Reformation -- 4. Technology Triumphs: The Industrial Revolution -- 5. Americans Conquer Their Continent, 1492-1865 -- 6. Americans Exploit Their Continent, 1865-1940 -- 7. Marxist Socialism, Nature, and Technology -- 8. Nature and Technology in Islam -- 9. Nazism Assaults the West from Within -- 10. The Orient, Nature, and Technology -- 11. Technological Cornucopianism -- 12. Contemporary Critics of Technology -- 13. Woman As Nature and God in Nature -- 14. People Are Not above Nature: The Challenge of Deep Ecology -- 15. Reform or Revolution? -- 16. Where Does Humanity Go from Here.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | GF 21 .F47 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | c20030425 |
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Originally published: 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-324) and index.
1. To Serve Man or to Serve Nature? Nature and Technology in Ancient and Classical Civilizations -- 2. Religion, Nature, and Technology: The Medieval Explosion -- 3. Technology Flourishes: The Renaissance and the Reformation -- 4. Technology Triumphs: The Industrial Revolution -- 5. Americans Conquer Their Continent, 1492-1865 -- 6. Americans Exploit Their Continent, 1865-1940 -- 7. Marxist Socialism, Nature, and Technology -- 8. Nature and Technology in Islam -- 9. Nazism Assaults the West from Within -- 10. The Orient, Nature, and Technology -- 11. Technological Cornucopianism -- 12. Contemporary Critics of Technology -- 13. Woman As Nature and God in Nature -- 14. People Are Not above Nature: The Challenge of Deep Ecology -- 15. Reform or Revolution? -- 16. Where Does Humanity Go from Here.
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