Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Acknowledgements x
5. Preface xii
6. Introduction: The Meanings of Nature 1
7. 1 When We Were Nature: The World of the Cave-Painters 15
8. 2 Taming Nature: Domestication and the Agricultural Revolution 37
9. 3 The Invention of Nature: Classical Conceptions 62
10. 4 The Books of God and of Nature: Medieval Readings 89
11. 5 Naming Nature: Natural History and Science 114
12. 6 Rationalists and Romantics 144
13. 7 Wilderness: The North American Experience 175
14. 8 Conservation: Nature and the Environment 208
15. 9 Choices 241
16. 10 Future Nature 272
17. Epilogue: Loss, Wonder and Meaning 300
18. Endnotes and Further Reading 317
19. Picture Credits 342
20. Index 343