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

• Autore: Enright Kelly
• 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
• ISBN: 1-280-48943-X; 9786613584663; 0-8139-3243-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814886903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II