Patient Earth by John Harte ➤ Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1971

Patient Earth by John Harte Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1971

Title: Patient Earth

Author: John Harte

Format: Softcover

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1971

Edition: Reprint

ISBN: 9780030851032

Size: 6.5 x 9 * 364 page including index

Synopsis: From the Preface: The diseases that afflict our planet may not be fatal, but by all appearances they are cruel and debilitating. The symptoms are all around us: in the air, in the water, in our cities, and in our cells.

But the purpose of this book is not to remind the reader of this-he knows it all too well. Rather, this is a book with a more constructive goal. It tells about the work of some people-we like to call them "geophysicians"--who are diagnosing and healing the earth, and it provides some of the information that will allow the reader to join in this activity.

Two lessons from the past begin our book and provide a sober perspective. One of the deans of the American conservation movement describes his own experiences in the 1930s with the Dust Bowl on the Great Plains. Then an anthropologist tells the story of the Classic Maya civilization, which ruined its land and vanished.

Ten case studies describing environmental problems in contemporary American society form the main section of the book. These are all stories of positive accomplishments, and they are told by authors who have been directly involved in the problems. We have selected the case study approach because it begins to do justice to the intellectual complexities of environmental problems and because it leads the reader into the real world.

There is a tendency for the two words "pollution" and "environment" to be almost interchangeable today. In part, this is because, quite naturally, all of us prefer to direct our attention toward those environmental problems that most affront the senses and have quite direct technical solutions. But in so doing we may fail to face those environmental problems whose solutions require a more substantial change in our system of values.

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