ISBN:
9780813134888
,
0813134889
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (183 p.).
Series Statement:
Culture of the land
DDC:
306.3490973
Keywords:
Landnutzung
;
Gesellschaft
;
Land use Environmental aspects
;
Environmental degradation
;
Environmental ethics
;
Human ecology
;
Social values
;
National characteristics, American
;
USA
Abstract:
Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. This work raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.5810/kentucky/9780813124391.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813124391.001.0001
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