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Nature, technology, and society : cultural roots of the current environmental crisis / Victor Ferkiss.

By: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [1994]Description: viii, 341 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780814726174
  • 0814726178
Other title:
  • Nature, technology, & society
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection GF 21 .F47 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available c20030425

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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