Correction lines : essays on land, Leopold, and conservation / / Curt Meine
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| Autore: |
Meine Curt
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| Titolo: |
Correction lines : essays on land, Leopold, and conservation / / Curt Meine
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| Pubblicazione: | Washington, DC, : Island Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.72 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nature conservation - United States |
| Nature conservation - Philosophy | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-282) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Turning the Corner -- Part I: Conservation's Usable Past -- Ch. 1: The Oldest Task in Human History -- Ch. 2: Conservation and the Progressive Movement -- Ch. 3: Conservation Biology and Sustainable Societies -- Part II: Leopold's Legcy -- Ch. 4: Leopold's Fine Line -- Ch. 5: Emergence of an Idea -- Ch. 6: Giving Voice to Concern -- Ch. 7: Moving Mountains -- Ch. 8: The Secret Leopold -- Part III: Facing Forward -- Ch. 9: Inherit the Grid -- Ch. 10: The Once and Future Land Ethic -- Ch. 11: Home, Land, Security -- Notes -- Acknowledgment of Sources -- About the Author -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The last fifteen years have been a period of dramatic change, both in the world at large and within the fields of ecology and conservation.The end of the Cold War, the dot-com boom and bust, the globalizing economy, and the attacks of September 11, among other events and trends, have reshaped our worldview and the political environment in which. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Correction lines |
| ISBN: | 1-59726-854-2 |
| 1-4237-6716-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910970460503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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