LEADER 02672nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910464391303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8130-3827-8 010 $a0-8130-4350-6 035 $a(CKB)3450000000003181 035 $a(EBL)1023594 035 $a(OCoLC)811563584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000628802 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11393244 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628802 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10712164 035 $a(PQKB)10199244 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1023594 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22425 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1023594 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603020 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL513081 035 $a(EXLCZ)993450000000003181 100 $a20100305d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThoreau the land surveyor$b[electronic resource] /$fPatrick Chura 210 $aGainesville, FL $cUniversity Press of Florida$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8130-3493-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe surveyor and the state -- Material to mythology -- Walden, Cape Cod, and the duty of the coast survey -- The skillful engineer -- Serving Admetus -- The science of the field notes -- The Concord surveyor and the Kansas surveyor -- "I am a surveyor". 330 $a Henry David Thoreau, one of America's most prominent environmental writers, supported himself as a land surveyor for much of his life, parceling land that would be sold off to loggers. In the only study of its kind, Patrick Chura analyzes this seeming contradiction to show how the best surveyor in Concord combined civil engineering with civil disobedience. Placing Thoreau's surveying in historical context, Thoreau the Land Surveyor explains the cultural and ideological implications of surveying work in the mid-nineteenth century. Chura explains the ways that Thoreau's environme 606 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aSurveyors$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aSurveying$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aSurveyors 615 0$aSurveying$xHistory 676 $a818/.309 676 $aB 700 $aChura$b Patrick$f1964-$0953545 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464391303321 996 $aThoreau the land surveyor$92156076 997 $aUNINA