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Novelists, poets, artists, anthropologists, traditional elders, philosophers, and naturalists come together to create a geological portrait of the Earth — from the violence of earthquakes and erupting volcanoes to epochal patterns in stone and the sinuous flow of rivers. With insights from many cultures and across time, Bedrock wonderfully illuminates the geology of our home planet.
The book is organized into sections that deal with rock and stone; deep time; earthquakes and faults; volcanoes and eruptions; rivers to the sea; mountains and high¬lands; wind and desert; the flow of ice; and the life of the Earth. Insightful, penetrating, and provocative, the works are written from many positions — traditional and indigenous as well as Western scientific. Bedrock bridges specialized science and ordinary existence, providing a fascinating portrait of the forces that have shaped the Earth and giving readers a sense of the geologic experience encompassing their lives.
The book is organized into sections that deal with rock and stone; deep time; earthquakes and faults; volcanoes and eruptions; rivers to the sea; mountains and high¬lands; wind and desert; the flow of ice; and the life of the Earth. Insightful, penetrating, and provocative, the works are written from many positions — traditional and indigenous as well as Western scientific. Bedrock bridges specialized science and ordinary existence, providing a fascinating portrait of the forces that have shaped the Earth and giving readers a sense of the geologic experience encompassing their lives.
Price: $24.95
Pages: 352
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Imprint: Trinity University Press
Publication Date:
16 March 2006
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781595340238
Format: Paperback
“No matter what level an individual is at in his or her degree of natural world understanding, this book will provide new information and plenty of ideas and concepts for consideration. ”— California Literary Review
Eldridge Moores is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geology at the University of California at Davis and the author of several major books on geology. His research focuses on tectonics and structural geology from Greece to the Sierra Nevada. He was the subject of John McPhee’s book Assembling California.
— Eldridge M. Moores
Lauret Savoy writes across the threads of cultural identity to explore their shaping by relationship with and dislocation from the land. Her other books include The Colors of Nature: Essays on Culture, Identity, and the Natural World and Living with the Changing California Coast. A woman of African American, Euro-American, and Native American heritage, she is a professor of environmental studies and geology at Mount Holyoke College.
— Lauret E. Savoy
Judith E. Moores lives with her husband, the geologist Eldridge M. Moores, in Davis, California.
— Judith E. Moores
— Eldridge M. Moores
Lauret Savoy writes across the threads of cultural identity to explore their shaping by relationship with and dislocation from the land. Her other books include The Colors of Nature: Essays on Culture, Identity, and the Natural World and Living with the Changing California Coast. A woman of African American, Euro-American, and Native American heritage, she is a professor of environmental studies and geology at Mount Holyoke College.
— Lauret E. Savoy
Judith E. Moores lives with her husband, the geologist Eldridge M. Moores, in Davis, California.
— Judith E. Moores