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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973527503321

Autore

Callicott J. Baird

Titolo

Companion to A Sand County almanac : interpretive & critical essays / / edited by J. Baird Callicott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : Univ. Of Wisconsin Press, c1987

ISBN

9786612731419

9781282731417

1282731416

9780299112332

0299112330

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

508.73

Soggetti

Nature conservation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. The Author -- 1. Aldo Leopold's Early Years -- 2. Aldo Leopold's Sand Country -- 3. Aldo Leopold's Intellectual Heritage -- II. The Book -- 4. The Making of A Sand County Almanac -- 5. Anatomy of a Classic -- 6. The Conflicts of Ecological Conscience -- III. The Upshot -- 7. The Land Aesthetic -- 8. Building "The Land Ethic" -- 9. The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic -- IV. The Impact -- 10. A Pilgrim's Progress from Group A to Group B -- 11. The Legacy of Aldo Leopold -- 12. Duties to Ecosystems -- Appendix -- An Introduction to the 1947 Foreword [to Great Possessions] -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary.