In defense of nature [[electronic resource] /] / by John Hay
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| Autore: |
Hay John <1915->
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| Titolo: |
In defense of nature [[electronic resource] /] / by John Hay
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| Pubblicazione: | Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st University of Iowa Press ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 508 |
| Soggetto topico: | Natural history |
| Seashore biology | |
| Note generali: | Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown. 1969. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Author's Note; 1. A Dependable Endurance; 2. The Pace of the Tides; 3. ""Teach Us to Care""; 4. The Shape of Water; 5. In Front of the Sea; 6. The Winter Strength; 7. Cove and Forest; 8. ""The Lower Orders""; 9,. Meetings in the Field of Life; 10. The Sea of Survival; 11. The Dovekie and the Ocean Sunfish; 12. Practice in Being; 13. The Reaches of Spring; 14. The Eye of the Heart |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Originally published in 1969, In Defense of Nature is an eloquent and prescient plea on behalf of the natural world. Devoid of sentimentality yet lyrical and deeply moving in its portrayals of our despoliation of nature, Hay's classic work is now available to a new generation of readers. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | In defense of nature |
| ISBN: | 1-60938-010-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779087003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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