Heartland: The Regeneration of Rural Place

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How do we see and relate to the agricultural heartlands of Australia Might alternative ways of imagining and engaging with rural places enable ecological and social regeneration In Heartland, George Main takes us on a journey through the country of his childhood to explore the cultural and historical dynamics responsible for ecological change and disorder across the southwest slopes of New South Wales.

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"'Charmed literature. It evokes a presence in the land that is quiet and powerful.' - Neil Murray, singer-songwriter, author 'This is an original, courageous and accomplished work. We need much more of such writing, intellectually and artistically engaged with landscapes, with the ways they shape us and the ways our ideas shape, and often wound, and sometimes restore, places.' - Mark Tredinnick, author and editor of A Place on Earth"

Author Bio

George Main is an environmental historian and museum curator. He grew up on the southwest slopes of New South Wales, a rich agricultural region, and now lives on the southern tablelands in Canberra.