| Description |
vii, 338 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. The colonisation of Australian nature and the first stirrings of ecological thought -- 3. Seeing the land in a new light: people and landscapes in Australian art -- 4. Of drovers' wives and a timeless land: land and identity in Australian literature -- 5. Taking nature to the public: nature education in public media -- 6. Towards a conservation ethic: birth of the conservation movement -- 7. Working at the edges of mainstream science: Australian innovations in ecological science -- 8. Thinking like an ecosystem: Australian innovations in reconceptualising and redesigning land and resource management -- 9. Challenging terra nullius views of people and nature: on the origins and impact of the Aboriginal Land Rights Movement -- 10. Green politics in the wide brown land: the cross-fertilisation of wilderness politics and social justice agendas -- 11. Towards a communicative ethic: some Australian contributions to ecophilosophy -- 12. Conclusions |
| Summary |
Whenever the history of ecological thought has been written the contributions of Australian thinkers have been omitted. Yet Australia as a continent of extreme, rare and complex environments has produced a startling group of ecological pioneers. Across a wide range of human endeavour, Australian thinkers and innovators - whether they have thought of themselves as environmentalists or not - have made some truly original contributions to ecological thought. Ecological Pioneers traces the emergence of ecological understandings in Australia. By constructing a social history with chapters focusing on different fields in the arts, sciences, politics and public life, the authors bring to life the work of significant individuals. Some of the ecological pioneers featured include Joseph Banks, Russell Drysdale, Judith Wright, Myles Dunphy, Philip Crosbie Morrison, Vincent Serventy, Francis Ratcliffe, the Gurindji and Yolngu peoples, Bill Mollison, Jack Mundey, Val Plumwood, Michael Leunig, and many more |
| Analysis |
Ecology |
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Natural resource management |
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Environmentalism |
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Biography |
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History |
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Ecology - Australia - History |
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Nature - Effect of human beings on - Australia - History |
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Landscape changes - Australia - History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 322-328 |
| Subject |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia.
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Environmentalism -- Australia -- History.
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Landscape changes -- Australia.
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Human ecology -- Australia -- History.
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Ecology -- Australia -- History.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia -- History.
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Landscape changes -- Australia -- History.
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Environmentalism -- Social aspects -- Australia.
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Social ecology -- Australia.
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Human ecology -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
Hill, Stuart B., 1943-
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| LC no. |
2001043618 |
| ISBN |
0521009561 |
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0521811031 (cased) |
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