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UNINA9910464391303321 |
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Autore |
Chura Patrick <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Thoreau the land surveyor [[electronic resource] /] / Patrick Chura |
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Gainesville, FL, : University Press of Florida, c2010 |
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0-8130-3827-8 |
0-8130-4350-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Authors, American - 19th century |
Surveyors - United States |
Surveying - United States - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The surveyor and the state -- Material to mythology -- Walden, Cape Cod, and the duty of the coast survey -- The skillful engineer -- Serving Admetus -- The science of the field notes -- The Concord surveyor and the Kansas surveyor -- "I am a surveyor". |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Henry David Thoreau, one of America's most prominent environmental writers, supported himself as a land surveyor for much of his life, parceling land that would be sold off to loggers. In the only study of its kind, Patrick Chura analyzes this seeming contradiction to show how the best surveyor in Concord combined civil engineering with civil disobedience. Placing Thoreau's surveying in historical context, Thoreau the Land Surveyor explains the cultural and ideological implications of surveying work in the mid-nineteenth century. Chura explains the ways that Thoreau's environme |
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