George P. Marsh/ David Lowenthal (EDT)/ William Cronon (FRW)/ David Lowenthal
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Kenneth Robert Olwig (EDT)/ David Lowenthal (EDT)
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Michael Williams/ David Lowenthal (CON)/ William M. Denevan (CON)
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Penning-Rowsell, Edmund C. (Middlesex University, UK),Lowenthal, David
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Peter Gathercole (EDT)/ David Lowenthal (EDT)/ Peter Gathercole/ England) World Archaeological Congress (1986 Southampton/ P. W. Gathercole (EDT)/ WORLD ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONGRESS (EDT)
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Shakespeare’s Thought: Unobserved Details and Unsuspected Depths in Eleven Plays analyzes eleven of Shakespeare’s most famous plays offering an in-depth exploration of the ways in which ea
Heritage has burgeoned over the past quarter of a century from a small élite preoccupation into a major popular crusade. Everything from Disneyland to the Holocaust Museum, from the Balkan wars to the Northern Irish troubles, from Elvis memorabilia to the Elgin Marbles bears the marks of the cult of heritage. In this acclaimed 1998 book DavidLowenthal explains the rise of this obsession with the past and examines its power for both good and evil.
Shakespeare’s Thought: Unobserved Details and Unsuspected Depths in Eleven Plays analyzes eleven of Shakespeare’s most famous plays offering an in-depth exploration of the ways in which each play demo
The Mind and Art of Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman provides the original texts for 20 of Lincoln's speeches alongside a critical analysis of each speech. Arranged in chronological order, these
The Mind and Art of Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman provides the original texts for 20 of Lincoln's speeches alongside a critical analysis of each speech. Arranged in chronological order, these
Is unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diver
Is unity of knowledge possible? Is it desirable? Two rival visions clash. One seeks a single way of explaining everything known and knowable about ourselves and the universe. The other champions diver
George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. His seminal book Man and Nature is famed for its ecologic
George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. DavidLowenthal here offers fresh insights, from new sourc
George Perkins Marsh's Man and Nature was the first book to attack the American myth of the superabundance and the inexhaustibility of the earth. It was, as Lewis Mumford said, "the fountainhead of t
There is of course the physical mountain in a distinct geographical location: a peninsula in the northern Aegean that has been tightly controlled by an autonomous Orthodox monastery for over a thousan
The idea that the heritage of nature is fundamentally cultural is provocative to many, but it is becoming increasingly accepted in the context of heritage preservation. It is argued here that a person
Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape, with dairy and beef ranching, fishing, and oyster farming; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. The
For more than one thousand years the monastic republic of Mount Athos has been one of the most chronicled and yet least accessible places in the Mediterranean. Difficult to reach until the last centur
Point Reyes National Seashore has a long history as a working landscape, with dairy and beef ranching, fishing, and oyster farming; yet, since 1962 it has also been managed as a National Seashore. The
In Man and Nature, first published in 1864, polymath scholar and diplomat George Perkins Marsh challenged the general belief that human impact on nature was generally benign or negligible and charged