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Autore |
Meine Curt |
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Titolo |
Aldo Leopold : his life and work / / Curt Meine |
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Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, 1988 |
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9786612738814 |
9781282738812 |
128273881X |
9780299249038 |
0299249034 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (655 p.) |
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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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Originally published: c1988. With new front matter. |
"With a new preface by the author and an appreciation by Wendell Berry"--Cover. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part I. Midwest -- Part II. East -- Part III. Southwest -- Part IV. Wisconsin. |
Sources (1843-1887) -- Prospect Hill (1887-1904) -- Lawrenceville (1904-1905) -- New Haven (1905-1906) -- Forest School (1906-1909) -- Apache: The Breaks of the Blue (1909-1911) -- Carson: A Delightful Turmoil (1911-1913) -- On Top (1913-1915) -- “To Promote the Protection and Enjoyment of Wild Things … ” (1915-1919) -- Chief of Operations (1919-1922) -- Pioneers and Gullies (1923-1924) -- A Fish out of Water (1924-1928) -- “Game Methods: The American Way” (1928-1932) -- Consulting Forester (1932-1933) -- The Professor (1933-1934) -- The Value of Wilderness (1934-1935) -- Toward a Biotic View of Land (1936-1939) -- Digging Deeper (1939-1941) -- Land Use and Democracy (1942-1945) -- A Portent of a Different Future (1945-1947) -- Finale (1947-1948). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This biography of Aldo Leopold follows him from his childhood as a precocious naturalist to his profoundly influential role in the development of conservation and modern environmentalism in the United States. This edition includes a new preface by author Curt Meine |
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