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American wilderness : a new history / edited by Michael Lewis

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007

Online-Ressource (viii, 290 p) : ill

Englisch

American wilderness / Michael LewisAmerican wilderness and first contact / Melanie Perreault -- Religion "irradiates" the wilderness / Mark Stoll -- Farm against forest / Steven Stoll -- Natural history, romanticism, and Thoreau / Bradley P. Dean -- The fate of wilderness in American landscape art: the dilemmas of "nature's nation" / Angela Miller -- Wilderness parks and their discontents / Benjamin Johnson -- A Sylvan prospect: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and early twentieth-century conservationism / Char Miller -- Gender and wilderness conservation / Kimberly A. Jarvis -- Putting wilderness in context: the interwar origins of the modern wilderness idea / Paul Sutter -- Loving the wild in postwar America / Mark Harvey -- Wilderness and conservation science / Michael Lewis -- Creating wild places from domesticated landscapes: the internationalization of American wilderness concept / Christopher Conte -- The politics of modern wilderness / James Morton Turner -- Nature, liberty, and equality / Donald Worster.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-279) and index. - Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL

Print version: American wilderness

0-19-803882-8 (electronic bk.); 978-0-19-803882-5 ( : electronic bk.)

0-19-517414-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-19-517415-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-517414-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-517415-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 86074052     

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LOC-SH: Public opinion -- United States ; United States -- Environmental conditions ; Wilderness areas -- United States -- Public opinion ; Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- United States ; Human ecology -- United States -- History ; Geographical perception -- United States

Ch. 1. American Wilderness--An Introduction, Michael Lewis. Ch. 2. American Wilderness and First Contact, Melanie Perreault. Ch. 3. Religion "Irradiates" the Wilderness, Mark Stoll. Ch. 4. Farm Against Forest, Steven Stoll. Ch. 5. Natural History, Romanticism, and Thoreau, Bradley P. Dean. Ch. 6. The Fate of Wilderness in American Landscape Art: The Dilemmas of "Nature's Nation", Angela Miller. Ch. 7. Wilderness Parks and Their Discontents, Benjamin Johnson. Ch. 8. A Sylvan Prospect: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and Early Twentieth-Century Conservatism, Char Miller. Ch. 9. G