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Man, Nature and Technology

Essays on the Role of Ideological Perceptions

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Erik Baark, Uno Svedin
    Pages 1-6
  3. Theories of Nature, Society and Technology

    • Robert W. Kates
    Pages 7-36
  4. Technology as Cultural Process

    • Brian Wynne
    Pages 80-104
  5. Water and the Flow of Power

    • Donald Worster
    Pages 105-121
  6. Conserving Nature and Antiquity

    • David Lowenthal
    Pages 122-134
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 141-150

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Policy Institute, University of Lund, USA

    Erik Baark

  • Committee for Natural Resources Research, Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research, Sweden

    Uno Svedin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Man, Nature and Technology

  • Book Subtitle: Essays on the Role of Ideological Perceptions

  • Editors: Erik Baark, Uno Svedin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09087-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Erik Baark and Uno Svedin 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-09089-1Published: 01 January 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-09087-7Published: 18 June 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 150

  • Topics: Engineering, general, Philosophy of Technology

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