LEADER 03123nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910824674303321 005 20240514045446.0 010 $a0-8131-3488-9 010 $a1-283-23313-4 010 $a9786613233134 010 $a0-8131-7250-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000475383 035 $a(EBL)792204 035 $a(OCoLC)164347141 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000100456 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11111362 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100456 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10021272 035 $a(PQKB)11755197 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000038480 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3336 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL792204 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495388 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323313 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC792204 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000475383 100 $a20061107d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAgrarianism and the good society $eland, culture, conflict, and hope /$fEric T. Freyfogle 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLexington $cUniversity Press of Kentucky$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 225 1 $aCulture of the land 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-3823-X 311 $a0-8131-2439-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aEvery society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. In this literate and wide-ranging exploration, Eric T. Freyfogle raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands. These land-use crises, he contends, arise mostly because of cultural attitudes that once made sense on the American frontier but now threaten our natural resources. To support and sustain healthy communities, profound adjus 410 0$aCulture of the land. 606 $aLand use$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental degradation$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental ethics$zUnited States 606 $aHuman ecology$zUnited States 606 $aSocial values$zUnited States 606 $aNational characteristics, American 615 0$aLand use$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental degradation 615 0$aEnvironmental ethics 615 0$aHuman ecology 615 0$aSocial values 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 676 $a306.3/490973 700 $aFreyfogle$b Eric T$0727928 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824674303321 996 $aAgrarianism and the good society$93966357 997 $aUNINA