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The maximum of wilderness : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright



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Autore: Enright Kelly Visualizza persona
Titolo: The maximum of wilderness : the jungle in the American imagination / / Kelly Enright Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2012
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 187 p. ) : ill. ;
Disciplina: 508
Soggetto topico: Natural history literature - United States - History - 20th century
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Jungles in literature
Wilderness areas in literature
Soggetto geografico: Tropics In literature
Tropics Historiography
Tropics In popular culture
Tropics Foreign public opinion, American
United States Civilization 20th century
United States Intellectual life 20th century
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-179) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Locating a New Wilderness : Nature and Conservation at the Start of the Twentieth Century -- Tame Adventures and Wild Homes : Encountering the Jungle with Martin and Osa Johnson -- Discovering Jungle Peace : The Prolonged Observations of William Beebe -- Ingesting the Jungle : The Botanical Experiences of David Fairchild and Richard Evans Schultes.
Sommario/riassunto: The author goes on to explore a startling shift at midcentury in the perception of the tropical forest--from the "jungle," a place that endangers human life, to the "rain forest," a place that is itself endangered.
Titolo autorizzato: The maximum of wilderness  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-48943-X
9786613584663
0-8139-3243-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910814886903321
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