American wilderness : a new history / / edited by Michael Lewis

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Pres, , [2007]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 pages)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology - United States - History; Geographical perception - United States; Wilderness areas - United States - Public opinion; Human beings - Effect of environment on - United States; Public opinion - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Environmental conditions
• Persona (resp. second.): LewisMichael L. <1971->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; One: American Wilderness: An Introduction; Two: American Wilderness and First Contact; Three: Religion ""Irradiates"" the Wilderness; Four: Farm against Forest; Five: Natural History, Romanticism, and Thoreau; Six: The Fate of Wilderness in American Landscape Art: The Dilemmas of ""Nature's Nation""; Seven: Wilderness Parks and Their Discontents; Eight: A Sylvan Prospect: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and Early Twentieth-Century Conservationism; Nine: Gender and Wilderness Conservation ; Ten: Putting Wilderness in Context: The Interwar Origins of the Modern Wilderness IdeaEleven: Loving the Wild in Postwar America; Twelve: Wilderness and Conservation Science; Thirteen: Creating Wild Places from Domesticated Landscapes: The Internationalization of the American Wilderness Concept; Fourteen: The Politics of Modern Wilderness; Epilogue: Nature, Liberty, and Equality; Recommended Readings; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Ch. 1. American Wilderness--An Introduction, Michael Lewis. Ch. 2. American Wilderness and First Contact, Melanie Perreault. Ch. 3. Religion ""Irradiates"" the Wilderness, Mark Stoll. Ch. 4. Farm Against Forest, Steven Stoll. Ch. 5. Natural History, Romanticism, and Thoreau, Bradley P. Dean. Ch. 6. The Fate of Wilderness in American Landscape Art: The Dilemmas of ""Nature's Nation"", Angela Miller. Ch. 7. Wilderness Parks and Their Discontents, Benjamin Johnson. Ch. 8. A Sylvan Prospect: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and Early Twentieth-Century Conservatism, Char Miller. Ch. 9. Gender and Wilder
• Titolo autorizzato: American wilderness
• ISBN: 0-19-771132-4; 0-19-988396-3; 1-281-52903-6; 9786611529031; 0-19-803882-8; 1-4294-6068-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777784703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II