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Shadows in the sun : travels to landscapes of spirit and desire

Title
Shadows in the sun : travels to landscapes of spirit and desire / Wade Davis.
Author
Davis, Wade
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : Island Press / Shearwater Books, [1998]
  • ©1998

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Description
x, 292 pages; 22 cm
Summary
A collection of essays by scientist Wade Davis that analyze the interactions between human societies and the natural world.
Subject
  • Human ecology > Cross-cultural studies
  • Landscape assessment > Cross-cultural studies
  • Philosophy of nature > Cross-cultural studies
  • Human ecology
  • Landscape assessment
  • Philosophy of nature
  • Naturvolk
  • Humanökologie
  • Reisebericht
  • ethnologie > récit de voyage
Genre/Form
Cross-cultural studies.
Note
  • Includes index.
Contents
Hunters of the northern ice -- Dreams of a jade forest -- The white darkness -- The clouded leopard -- Passion in the desert -- The forest of Amazonia -- White blood of the forest -- The art of shamanic healing -- Plants of the gods -- Cactus of the four winds -- Smoking toad -- Breaking trail -- In the shadow of red cedar -- The end of the wild.
ISBN
  • 1559633549
  • 9781559633543
LCCN
98034097
OCLC
  • ocm39538986
  • 39538986
  • SCSB-470319
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library