{"product_id":"pure-state-of-nature","title":"Pure State of Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Aborigines did not cause the extinction of the megafauna . . . and it is unlikely that they have caused the extinction of any element of the fauna and flora.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you want to practise control burning in order to protect houses or farms, then do it in the same way as you would use a bulldozer to clear a firebreak, but don't pretend that you are doing anything but damage to the environment.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you commercialise an environmental resource you do so to make money. Don't pretend that it also benefits the environment.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning fifty thousand years and an entire continent, \u003ci\u003eThe Pure State of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e presents a passionate account of the Australian environment. The myths that abound in popular and scientific writing, the 'theories' and fancies about the place of humans in the ecology of this vast landmass, are subjected to scrutiny. In particular, the author demolishes the widely accepted orthodoxy about the use of fire by Aborigines and their supposed part in the extinction of the Australian megafauna.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the ruins of those myths \u003ci\u003eThe Pure State of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e offers lessons for the new millennium. In turns provocative, humorous, impassioned and gentle, this is a bold book of ideas about the past and present, a book about how we can shape the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo \u003ci\u003eThe Pure State of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e Dr David Horton brings many years' experience as scientist, farmer and archaeologist. Among his publications are \u003ci\u003eRecovering the Tracks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia\u003c\/i\u003e. He now writes and consults from his stud sheep farm in New South Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226329731416,"sku":"9780367719883","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367719883.jpg?v=1777095055","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/pure-state-of-nature","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}