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UNINA9910970460503321 |
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Autore |
Meine Curt |
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Titolo |
Correction lines : essays on land, Leopold, and conservation / / Curt Meine |
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Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-59726-854-2 |
1-4237-6716-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nature conservation - United States |
Nature conservation - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-282) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Turning the Corner -- Part I: Conservation's Usable Past -- Ch. 1: The Oldest Task in Human History -- Ch. 2: Conservation and the Progressive Movement -- Ch. 3: Conservation Biology and Sustainable Societies -- Part II: Leopold's Legcy -- Ch. 4: Leopold's Fine Line -- Ch. 5: Emergence of an Idea -- Ch. 6: Giving Voice to Concern -- Ch. 7: Moving Mountains -- Ch. 8: The Secret Leopold -- Part III: Facing Forward -- Ch. 9: Inherit the Grid -- Ch. 10: The Once and Future Land Ethic -- Ch. 11: Home, Land, Security -- Notes -- Acknowledgment of Sources -- About the Author -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The last fifteen years have been a period of dramatic change, both in the world at large and within the fields of ecology and conservation.The end of the Cold War, the dot-com boom and bust, the globalizing economy, and the attacks of September 11, among other events and trends, have reshaped our worldview and the political environment in which. |
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