Agrarianism and the good society [[electronic resource] ] : land, culture, conflict, and hope / / Eric T. Freyfogle

• Autore: Freyfogle Eric T
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, : University Press of Kentucky, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3/490973
• Soggetto topico: Land use - Environmental aspects - United States; Environmental degradation - United States; Environmental ethics - United States; Human ecology - United States; Social values - United States; National characteristics, American
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Every 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Agrarianism and the good society
• ISBN: 0-8131-3488-9; 1-283-23313-4; 9786613233134; 0-8131-7250-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778151903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Culture of the land.