This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.

Authored by Bruun, Ole; Kalland, Arne

Chapter 1 Images of Nature, Ole Bruun, Arne Kalland; Chapter 2 Socio-Political Structures and the Southeast Asian Ecosystem, J. Kathirithamby-Wells; Chapter 3 Sacred Trees and Haunted Forests in Indonesia, Peter Boomgaards; Chapter 4 Taming Nature - Controlling Fertility, Stephen Sparkes; Chapter 5 Thinking through Nature in Highland Nepal, Graham E. Clarke; Chapter 6 State Intervention and Community Protest, Are Knudsen; Chapter 7 Nature in the Kalasha Perception of Life, Birgitte Glavind Sperber; Chapter 8 Nature as the Virgin Forest, Klas Sandell; Chapter 9 Fengshui and the Chinese Perception of Nature, Ole Bruun; Chapter 10 The Japanese Attitude to Nature, S. N. Eisenstadt; Chapter 11 Japanese Advertising Nature, Brian Moeran, Lise Skov; Chapter 12 Culture in Japanese Nature, Arne Kalland; Chapter 13 Nature, Religion and Cultural Identity, Poul Pedersen;