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Examines the changing face of the environment and the environmental movement, exploring historical events and figures to show how each era interpreted the relationship between humans and their natural surroundings
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Offers an inquiry into the dream of a lost paradise and a startling new vision of humankind's role in nature. Traces the interplay between the facts of our lives and images of paradise, and recasts Western history as a tragicomedy whose heroes, from Gilgamesh to Henry Ford, struggle to regain a paradise lost. Integrates diverse sources from myth, biology, urban studies, garden lore, evolution, and the Bible to explore the actual circumstances of our exile from Eden. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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