Becoming Native to This Place

By Wes Jackson

Book Overview

The New World-this empty land dazzlingly rich in forests, soils, rainfall, and mineral wealth-was to represent a new beginning for civilized humanity. Unfortunately, even the best of the European settles had a stronger eye for conquest than for justice. Natives were in the way-surplus people who must be literally displaced. Now, as ecologist Wes Jackson points out, descendants of those early beneficiaries of conquest find themselves the displaced persons, forced to vacated the family farmsteads

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813118468
• ISBN13: 9780813118468
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

very good

During this period of history, perhaps as had always been , the sense of belonging to a place is a kind of lost concept. In that regard this book gives some hints on how to become native to a place and get this concept right.

Alternative perspective on human interaction with the earth

Very easy reading, short book.Wes Jackson describes a growing perspective that we need to interact symbiotically with the earth rather than considering the earth a "resource" at our disposal. He mixes philosophy with actual personal experiences to further illustrate the story.The fact that he began the Land Use Institute in Kansas and is still and active participant lends credibility to his dialog.