03160nam 2200745 a 450 991045156610332120200520144314.00-8131-3488-91-283-23313-497866132331340-8131-7250-0(CKB)1000000000475383(EBL)792204(OCoLC)164347141(SSID)ssj0000100456(PQKBManifestationID)11111362(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100456(PQKBWorkID)10021272(PQKB)11755197(StDuBDS)EDZ0000038480(MiAaPQ)EBC792204(MdBmJHUP)muse3336(Au-PeEL)EBL792204(CaPaEBR)ebr10495388(CaONFJC)MIL323313(EXLCZ)99100000000047538320061107d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAgrarianism and the good society[electronic resource] land, culture, conflict, and hope /Eric T. FreyfogleLexington University Press of Kentuckyc20071 online resource (191 p.)Culture of the landDescription based upon print version of record.0-8131-3823-X 0-8131-2439-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Life in the enclaves -- A durable scale -- The education of Ada -- Framing our choices -- Goodbye to the public-private divide -- Back toward community -- Love and democracy -- Wanted: environmental leader -- The politics of homeland health.Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. In this literate and wide-ranging exploration, Eric T. Freyfogle raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands. These land-use crises, he contends, arise mostly because of cultural attitudes that once made sense on the American frontier but now threaten our natural resources. To support and sustain healthy communities, profound adjusCulture of the land.Land useEnvironmental aspectsUnited StatesEnvironmental degradationUnited StatesEnvironmental ethicsUnited StatesHuman ecologyUnited StatesSocial valuesUnited StatesNational characteristics, AmericanElectronic books.Land useEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental degradationEnvironmental ethicsHuman ecologySocial valuesNational characteristics, American.306.3/490973Freyfogle Eric T727928MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451566103321Agrarianism and the good society2453944UNINA