The Organic Machine: The Remaking Of The Columbia River (hill And Wang Critical Issues)

In This Pioneering Study, White Explores The Relationship Between The Natural History Of The Columbia River And The Human History Of The Pacific Northwest For Both Whites And Native Americans. He Concentrates On What Brings Humans And The River Together: Not Only The Physical Space Of The Region But Also, And Primarily, Energy And Work. For Working With The River Has Been Central To Pacific Northwesterners' Competing Ways Of Life. It Is In This Way That White Comes To View The Columbia River As An Organic Machine--with Conflicting Human And Natural Claims--and To Show That Whatever Separation Exists Between Humans And Nature Exists To Be Crossed.-- Richard White. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [115]-124) And Index.

Author : Richard White

Publisher : Hill And Wang

Published Year : 1996

Edition : 1

Format : print - Paperback, 144 pages

Subject : Human beings--Effect of environment on, Human beings--Effect of environment on--Columbia River, Human beings--Effect of environment on--Columbia River Region, Nature--Effect of human beings on, Nature--Effect of human beings on--Columbia River, Nature--Effect of human beings on--Columbia River Region, History, F853 .W675 1995, 979.7

Language : English

Dimensions : xi, 130 p. : map ; 22 cm.

ISBN : 0809015838

ISBN13 : 9780809015832