ISBN:
0198038828
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9780198038825
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 290 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg.] [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Parallel Title:
Print version American wilderness
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Public opinion
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Wilderness areas Public opinion
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Human beings Effect of environment on
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Human ecology History
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Geographical perception
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United States Environmental conditions
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-279) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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