Heartland: The Regeneration of Rural Place - Softcover

Main, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0868408735 ISBN 13: 9780868408736

Publisher: University of New South Wales Press, 2005

Synopsis

How do we see and relate to the agricultural heartlands of Australia? Might alternative ways of imagining and engaging with rural places enable ecological and social regeneration? In Heartland, George Main takes us on a journey through the country of his childhood to explore the cultural and historical dynamics responsible for ecological change and disorder across the southwest slopes of New South Wales.

About this title

About the Author

George Main is an environmental historian and museum curator. He grew up on the southwest slopes of New South Wales, a rich agricultural region, and now lives on the southern tablelands in Canberra.

Review

"'Charmed literature. It evokes a presence in the land that is quiet and powerful.' - Neil Murray, singer-songwriter, author 'This is an original, courageous and accomplished work. We need much more of such writing, intellectually and artistically engaged with landscapes, with the ways they shape us and the ways our ideas shape, and often wound, and sometimes restore, places.' - Mark Tredinnick, author and editor of A Place on Earth"

Edition details

• Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0868408735
• ISBN 13: 9780868408736
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304