Ecoscapes

This volume presents the concept of Ecoscape as spatial interrelations, or spatially patterned processes, that are constitutive of an environment--an ecosystem.

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Preface: Geophilia: A Transdisciplinary Science Formed on the Basis of Geographicity

ix

An Introduction to the Conceptual Formation of Ecoscapes

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Gary Backhaus

1 Imperial Gardens: Ecological Imperialism and the Re-Seeding of the New World

Eduardo Mendieta

1

(16)

2 Scape Invaders: Transgenic Animals, Nature, and the Ecoscape

Benjamin Hale

17

(22)

3 Cultivating Famine: In Search of the Miracle Seed

Azucena Cruz

39

(18)

4 Chickens, Eggs, and the Corn That Feeds Them: Exploring the Dialectics of Native and Hybrid Ecoscapes in Mexico

Jessica Hayes-Conroy

57

(24)

5 Ecoscapes and Environmental Problems: The Case of Puebia's Municipal Slaughterhouse, Puebla, Mexico

José-Héctor Abraham

81

(16)

6 Enlightenment Geography and Local Mapping initiatives: From the Office to the Field, 1700-1815

Christine M. Petto

97

(18)

7 Ecology, Technology, and Wilderness Management: A Clash of Eco-Spatial Paradigms

Dennis E. Skocz

115

(24)

8 From Farmsteads to Slag Heaps: The Restless Ecoscape of the Ruhr Valley of Germany, 1830-1930

Alex Zukas

139

(26)

9 Chronoscapes/Chronos Escapes: A Meditation on Historical Time

Troy R.E. Paddock

165

(16)

10 Lifeworld Cartography: Echoes, Footprints, and Other Guideposts to the Self

John E. Jalbert

181

(24)

Epilogue: Soiled Work

John Murungi

205

(14)

Selected Bibliography

219

(12)

Index

231

(8)

About the Contributors

239

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