Oral history and the environment : global perspectives on climate, connection, and catastrophe / edited by Stephen M. Sloan and Mark Cave.
Series: Oxford oral history series: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197668108.Subject(s): Environmental sciences -- Biographical methods | Human ecology -- Case studies | Environmental degradation -- Case studies | Environmental disasters -- Case studies | Environmental protection -- Case studies | Oral history | Environment and Ecology | The environmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190684976DDC classification: 363.700722 Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: As uncontrolled development forces crises in the natural world, deeply ingrained human connections with the earth are changing. Oral history's proven ability to explore issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality make it a uniquely effective methodology for bringing in new perspectives to our understanding of environments. This book brings together interviews with a global range of activists, farmers, water system managers, victims of catastrophe, tribal trustees, wilderness rangers, reindeer herders, and foresters, among others whose life experience gives them special insights into human-environmental interaction and adaption. Commentary by oral historians examines how these stories can be used to better understand our relationship with the natural world.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Also issued in print: 2022.
As uncontrolled development forces crises in the natural world, deeply ingrained human connections with the earth are changing. Oral history's proven ability to explore issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality make it a uniquely effective methodology for bringing in new perspectives to our understanding of environments. This book brings together interviews with a global range of activists, farmers, water system managers, victims of catastrophe, tribal trustees, wilderness rangers, reindeer herders, and foresters, among others whose life experience gives them special insights into human-environmental interaction and adaption. Commentary by oral historians examines how these stories can be used to better understand our relationship with the natural world.
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