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xxii, 280 p. : 24 cm Contains primary source material "Written by one of the leading thinkers in environmentalism, Earthcare brings together Merchant's existing work on the topic of women and the environment as well as updated and new essays. Earthcare looks at age-old historical associations of women with nature, beginning with Eve and continuing through to environmental activists of today, women's commitment to environmental conservation, and the problematic assumptions of women as caregivers and men as dominating nature." - Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-267) and index Introduction: Women and the environment - Part One: Theory - Gaia: Ecofeminism and the earth - Eve: Nature and narrative - Isis: Women and science - Part Two: History - The death of nature: Women and ecology in the scientific revolution - From corn mothers to moral mothers: Changing forms of earthcare in New England - Preserving the earth: Women and the progressive conservation crusade - Part Three: Practice - Earthcare: Women and the American environmental movement - Peace with the earth: Women and the Swedish environment. With Abby Peterson - The ecological self: Women and the

Author

Carolyn Merchant; Professor Carolyn Merchant; Nilofer Merchant

Publisher

New York: Routledge

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781136653155

Subjects

Political Science, Economics, Gender Studies