Cultivating Nature: The Conservation of a Valencian Working Landscape

by Sarah R Hamilton

Book Overview

Winner of the 2019 Turku Book Award from the European Society for Environmental History

The Albufera Natural Park, an area ten kilometers south of Valencia that is widely regarded as the birthplace of paella, has long been prized by residents and visitors alike. Since the twentieth century, the disparate visions of city dwellers, farmers, fishermen, scientists, politicians, and tourists have made this working landscape a site of ongoing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295748095
• ISBN13: 9780295748092
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher