Available

| can't find it |

| browse books |

Textbooks

books

| book details |

Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature

Edited by William Cronon

| on special |

normal price: R 644.95

Price: R 580.95

| add to trolley |

| book description |

In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature in our malls through the Nature Company, and the disputes between working people and environmentalists over spotted owls and other objects of species preservation. The problem is that we haven't learned to live responsibly in nature. The environmentalist aim of legislating humans out of the wilderness is no solution. People, Cronon argues, are inextricably tied to nature, whether they live in cities or countryside. Rather than attempt to exclude humans, environmental advocates should help us learn to live in some sustainable relationship with nature. It is our home.

| product details |

Normally shipped | Usually dispatched in 3 to 4 weeks as supplier is out of stock
Publisher | WW Norton & Co
Published date | 17 Oct 1996
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 560
Dimensions | 236 x 157 x 33mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 627g
ISBN | 978-0-3933-1511-0
Readership Age |
BISAC | nature / environmental conservation & protection

| other options |

Normally shipped | Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks as supplier is out of stock
Readership Age |

Normal Price | R 755.95
Price | R 679.95 | on special |

| add to trolley |

| your trolley |

To view the items in your trolley please sign in.

| sign in |

| specials |

Theory & Practice

Michelle de Kretser
Hardback
192 pages
was: R 420.95
now: R 378.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days

| more |

| add to trolley |

The Correspondent

Virginia Evans
Hardback
288 pages
was: R 450.95
now: R 405.95
Stock is usually dispatched in 6-12 days from date of order

| more |

| add to trolley |

Exiles: Times book of the month 'Stanley Kubrick meets MR James'

Mason Coile
Paperback / softback
224 pages
was: R 517.95
now: R 465.95
Forthcoming

A terrifying locked-room mystery set in a remote outpost on Mars.

| more |

| add to trolley |

Broken Country: AMAZON'S BOOK OF THE YEAR - THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER

Clare Leslie Hall
Paperback / softback
320 pages

Enquiries only

An epic love story with the pulse of a thriller that asks: what would you risk for a second chance at first love?

| more |

| enquire |

Copyright 2026 | terms and conditions