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



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Titolo: American wilderness : a new history / / edited by Michael Lewis Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 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.: 9910451802803321
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