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The Management of Common Land in North West Europe, c. 1500–1850
This collection emphasizes that common lands were a key component of early-modern agriculture in many parts of northwest Europe.
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Inventing Medieval Landscapes: Senses of Place in Western Europe
A “deep ecology” of the Middle Ages.
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Believing in Place: A Spiritual Geography of the Great Basin
In his work, Francaviglia proposes “to tell the story of how the Great Basin’s environment resonates in the spiritual lives of all its people”.
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A Windfall for the Magnates: The Development of Woodland Ownership in Denmark c. 1150-1830
Examines the development of woodland ownership in Denmark from the Middle Ages to the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Les propriétés collectives face aux attaques libérales (1750–1914). Europe occidentale et Amérique latine [Collective Properties in the Face of Liberal Attacks (1750–1914)]
This volume provides a renewed vision of the issue of collective properties, an issue previously distorted by passions, and now mostly forgotten.
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“Agricultural Sustainability in the Semi-Arid Near East”
An overview of agricultural sustainability in the eastern Mediterranean Levantine Corridor (the western part of the Fertile Crescent).
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Curtis, Allan and Terry De Lacey, "Landcare, Stewardship and Sustainable Agriculture in Australia"
Allan Curtis and Terry De Lacey analyze perceptions of the Australian grassroots movement “Landcare” through landholder surveys, thereby discussing wider concepts of natural resource management, stewardship and sustainable agriculture in Australia.
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Ladkin, Donna, "Does 'Restoration' Necessarily Imply the Domination of Nature?"
This paper argues that restoration attempts should not be dismissed “out of hand,” and can be conducted outside of a “dominator logic.”
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Theodolite
When in about 1800 Bavaria urgently needed money, Georg von Reichenbach founded a factory for scientific instruments and started building precision theodilites to precisely survey the state in order to increase the taxes on land and buildings.
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"Ecological Restoration and Place Attachment: Emplacing Non-Places?"
In this paper the author discusses three possible alternative interpretations of the meaning of places and place attachment in ‘new nature’ projects, and shows how all three imply a different view on human identity and history.