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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957714003321

Titolo

Still the same hawk : reflections on nature and New York / / edited by John Waldman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Empire State Editions, 2012

ISBN

9780823249916

0823249913

9780823250554

0823250555

9780823249909

0823249905

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WaldmanJohn

Disciplina

508.7471

304.2097471

Soggetti

Natural history - New York (State) - New York

New York (N.Y.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Monarchs of the Urban Mind""; ""Welcome to the H2O Regionâ€? Your Second Address!""; ""Public Place, Brooklyn""; ""Corner Garden""; ""A Land Ethic for the City""; ""Can Naturalists and Urbanists Find Happiness Together?""; ""Can You Eat in Soup?""; ""The Dark Side;  or, My Time Spent in the Nature That People Would Rather Not Think About""; ""The Futures of New York""; ""Imagination, Beauty, and the Urban Land Ethic""; ""Nature in New York""; ""Contributors""

Sommario/riassunto

Some of our best thinkers on urban nature turn to the Big Apple in this highly original collection of new essays on why nature matters to New Yorkers.