Uncommon ground : cultural landscapes and environmental values /
Strang, Veronica,
Uncommon ground : cultural landscapes and environmental values / Veronica Strang. - xiv, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - Explorations in anthropology . - Explorations in anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-297) and index.
List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Strangers from the Sea: The Invasion of the Peninsula -- Voyages of Discovery: The Colonisation of the Peninsula -- A Present from the Past -- Living on the Land: Aboriginal Culture, Economics and Land Use -- Living off the Land: Taking Stock of the Cattle Industry -- Social Space and Social Place: Socio-Spatial Organisation on the Land -- Learning Values: Education in the Gulf Country -- In the Eye of the Beholder: Readings of the Country -- Mapping the Country: Representations of the Landscape -- Antipodean Worlds: Cosmology, Law and Environmental Values -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1859739512 9781859739518 1859739466 9781859739464
97202745
Human ecology--Australia
Landscape assessment--Australia
Landscape changes--Australia
GF801 / .S77 1997
304.20994
Uncommon ground : cultural landscapes and environmental values / Veronica Strang. - xiv, 309 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. - Explorations in anthropology . - Explorations in anthropology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-297) and index.
List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Strangers from the Sea: The Invasion of the Peninsula -- Voyages of Discovery: The Colonisation of the Peninsula -- A Present from the Past -- Living on the Land: Aboriginal Culture, Economics and Land Use -- Living off the Land: Taking Stock of the Cattle Industry -- Social Space and Social Place: Socio-Spatial Organisation on the Land -- Learning Values: Education in the Gulf Country -- In the Eye of the Beholder: Readings of the Country -- Mapping the Country: Representations of the Landscape -- Antipodean Worlds: Cosmology, Law and Environmental Values -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1859739512 9781859739518 1859739466 9781859739464
97202745
Human ecology--Australia
Landscape assessment--Australia
Landscape changes--Australia
GF801 / .S77 1997
304.20994