centennial
having to do with a period of a hundred years, usually celebratory
lanais
a large porch with a roof
hostess
a woman who hosts guests, either at her own home or at a restaurant of some sort
yucca
a plant with strong, sharp leaves and flowers
sequined
adorned with small, reflective objects, usually of various colors
metropolitan
relating to a city; extremely urban
cataclysmic
pertaining to a great change, usually violent and undesired
creosote
a smelly, dense liquid used as a preservative and an antiseptic
proliferate
to grow and spread quickly
implosion
to collapse inward; opposite of explosion
delegation
the distribution of tasks to others
hyperlink
a link from one document on a computer to another file or website
repository
a place for storing large amounts of something, such as data
veracity
truthfulness, verifiability
stenographer
a person who takes notes in shorthand during court proceedings, transcribing the events for the record
Commodification of Nature
The method by which resources and natural environments are viewed as goods or business assets. The book's critique of the way that natural settings are incorporated into commercial society revolves around this idea.
