About this title: Simon Schama takes on the 'cultural psychology of nature.' He analyzes the history of the relationship between humans and nature, primarily through a survey of European art and mythology. The dark woods of fairy tales and modern urban parks are both repositories for our fears, dreams, and wishes, and the Western traditions towards nature are not simply a chronicle of exploitation and idealization. Schama utilizes his familiar idosyncratic narrative style--an erudite amalgam of history, fiction, audacity, and humor--to deepen our understanding of our culture's complex relationship towards ...
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Description: Very good. Light coverwear/light edgewear, otherwise fine. Binding is Tight. Pages Clean, Text Unmarked. Very Good Condition. Fast and Careful Shipping. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1996-11-05
ISBN-13:9780679735120ISBN:0679735127
Description: Very Good. No DJ, as issued. NOT EX-LIB! Paperback, with bumps and rubs to cover. No writing or underlining! All text bright and tight! I have a stellar reputation as a bookseller. Please email with any questions. Thank you for looking! "Find it! Buy it! Read it! " Arkansas Bookseller. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1996-11-05
ISBN-13:9780679735120ISBN:0679735127
Description: Very Good- in None as issued jacket. Clean, solid copy with no writing, highlighting, marks, or creased page corners. Cover is glossy with light wear to corner tips and a crease across bottom back corner. Binding is firm and square; no spine creases. Items selling for $7 or more ship bubble wrapped and boxed; under $7 in a bubble mailer. All items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1st printing, 1995
ISBN-13:9780679402558ISBN:0679402551
Description: Very Good/Very Good-hard cover. 8vo, cloth, 652pp, illus. edgewear, small tears, wrinkles, no price on flap, dust jacket. wiggle to spine, light shelfwear, cover. gutter of book pulling away at top from spine of cover, clean, tight, text. place. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679402558ISBN:0679402551
Description: Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Owner name ffep. Very used. Jacket edges worn. Spot on fold out page. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1996-11-01
ISBN-13:9780679735120ISBN:0679735127
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780679402558ISBN:0679402551
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Thick octavo, tan cloth covered boards. Map endpapers. 652 pp. including extensive index, bibliography and notes. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, square, unmarked and apparently unread volume in a tight, crisp, sharp, sparkling price-clipped dust jacket. A fine volume in a very near fine dust jacket. read more
Edition: First Edition, So Stated.
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Albert A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679402558ISBN:0679402551
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pristeen copy. Explores the cultural meanings assigned to the landscape in various areas of the world throughout history. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780679735120ISBN:0679735127
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"A very deep read. This book restitches the fabric of many various regions by wandering through history to better understand and appreciate those specific landscapes."
"Kind of meanders around, but one of the more thought-provoking books I have ever read. Mr. Schama really drives home the fact that until the last century, century and a half, the western world thought all wilderness to be ugly, of not downright sinful. So they wanted to do away with it or at least make it look nice, and we still have that tendency today."
"I've been ruminating away on this beautiful masterpiece of a book for a month now. Schama is a genius-- connecting with perfect clarity random bright historical moments into something sensical and lovely. Nazis and polish buffalo? Yes. Roman explorers and celtic heroes? Of course. Art, history, politics, and the small importance of every day life-- Schama illuminates the meaningfulness of it all so that it seems obvious and beautiful. This book is a complete education."
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