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9780739114490

Ecoscapes Geographical Patternings of Relations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780739114490

  • ISBN10:

    0739114492

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-03-09
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
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Summary

This volume presents the concept of Ecoscape as spatial interrelations, or spatially patterned processes, that are constitutive of an environment--an ecosystem.

Table of Contents

Figures
vii
Preface: Geophilia: A Transdisciplinary Science Formed on the Basis of Geographicity ix
An Introduction to the Conceptual Formation of Ecoscapes xiii
Gary Backhaus
Imperial Gardens: Ecological Imperialism and the Re-Seeding of the New World
1(16)
Eduardo Mendieta
Scape Invaders: Transgenic Animals, Nature, and the Ecoscape
17(22)
Benjamin Hale
Cultivating Famine: In Search of the Miracle Seed
39(18)
Azucena Cruz
Chickens, Eggs, and the Corn That Feeds Them: Exploring the Dialectics of Native and Hybrid Ecoscapes in Mexico
57(24)
Jessica Hayes-Conroy
Ecoscapes and Environmental Problems: The Case of Puebla's Municipal Slaughterhouse, Puebla, Mexico
81(16)
Jose-Hector Abraham
Enlightenment Geography and Local Mapping Initiatives: From the Office to the Field, 1700-1815
97(18)
Christine M. Petto
Ecology, Technology, and Wilderness Management: A Clash of Eco-Spatial Paradigms
115(24)
Dennis E. Skocz
From Farmsteads to Slag Heaps: The Restless Ecoscape of the Ruhr Valley of Germany, 1830-1930
139(26)
Alex Zukas
Chronoscapes/Chronos Escapes: A Meditation on Historical Time
165(16)
Troy R. E. Paddock
Lifeworld Cartography: Echoes, Footprints, and Other Guideposts to the Self
181(24)
John E. Jalbert
Epilogue: Soiled Work 205(14)
John Murungi
Selected Bibilography 219(12)
Index 231(8)
About the Contributors 239

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