Main entry:

Sale, Kirkpatrick.

Title & Author:

Dwellers in the land : the bioregional vision / Kirkpatrick Sale.

Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2000.

Description:

xxiv, 216 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published: San Francisco : Sierra Club Books, ©1985.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207).
I. THE BIOREGIONAL HERITAGE: Gaea -- Gaea abandoned -- The crisis -- II. THE REGIONAL PARADIGM: Dwellers in the land -- Scale -- Economy -- Polity -- Society -- III. THE BIOREGIONAL PROJECT: Past realities -- Present currents -- Future visions -- IV. THE BIOREGIONAL IMPERATIVE: Gaea confirmed.

Summary:

"Imagine a world structured around ecological and cultural diversity rather than national and political parameters. In response to present and impending ecological and economic crises, Kirkpatrick Sale presents a definitive introduction to the unique concept of bioregionalism, an alternative way of organizing society to create smaller-scaled, more ecologically sound, and individually responsive communities with renewable economies and cultures. Sale emphasizes the concept of regionalism through natural population division, settlement near and stewardship of watershed areas, and the importance of communal ownership of and responsibility for the land. Dwellers in the Land focuses on the realistic development of these bioregionally focused communities and the places where they are established to create a society that is both ecologically sustainable and satisfying to its inhabitants."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0820322059 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780820322056 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Ecology Philosophy.
Human ecology.
Science Social aspects.
Technology and civilization.
Écologie Philosophie.
Écologie humaine.
Sciences Aspect social.
Technologie et civilisation.
human ecology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306557
Call No.: BIB 252111
Status: Available