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UNINA9910465721403321 |
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Autore |
Enright Kelly |
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Titolo |
The maximum of wilderness [[electronic resource] ] : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright |
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Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-48943-X |
9786613584663 |
0-8139-3243-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 187 p. ) : ill. ; |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Natural history literature - United States - History - 20th century |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Jungles in literature |
Wilderness areas in literature |
Electronic books. |
Tropics In literature |
Tropics Historiography |
Tropics In popular culture |
Tropics Foreign public opinion, American |
United States Civilization 20th century |
United States Intellectual life 20th century |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Locating a New Wilderness : Nature and Conservation at the Start of the Twentieth Century -- Tame Adventures and Wild Homes : Encountering the Jungle with Martin and Osa Johnson -- Discovering Jungle Peace : The Prolonged Observations of William Beebe -- Ingesting the Jungle : The Botanical Experiences of David Fairchild and Richard Evans Schultes. |
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