{"product_id":"9781439901458","title":"Creating The Countryside","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to save nature and rural life? Do people know what they are trying to save and what they mean by \"save\"? As the answers to these questions become more and more unclear, so, too do the concepts of \"environment,\" \"wilderness,\" and \"country.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the abuse of the Amazon rain forest to how Vermont has been marketed as the ideal rural place, this collection looks at what the countryside is, should be, or can be from the perspective of people who are actively involved in such debates. Each contributor examines the underlying tendencies–and subsequent policies–that separate country from city, developed land from wilderness, and human activity from natural processes. The editors argue in their introduction that these dualistic categories limit our ability to think about environmental and rural problems and hamper our ability to formulate practical, realistic, and just solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book's interpretive approach to the natural world explores why people make artificial distinctions between nature and culture, and how people can create new forms of sustainable development in terms of real problems and real places.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003eConflicts in Urban and Regional Development\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by John R. Logan and Todd Swanstrom.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300828463344,"sku":"9781439901458","price":50.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439901458_p0.jpg?v=1763757205","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439901458","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}