Aldo Leopold : his life and work / / Curt Meine

• Autore: Meine Curt
• Pubblicazione: Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, 1988
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (655 p.)
• Disciplina: 508.32/4
• Soggetto topico: Naturalists - Wisconsin
• Note generali: Originally published: c1988. With new front matter.; "With a new preface by the author and an appreciation by Wendell Berry"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. Midwest -- Part II. East -- Part III. Southwest -- Part IV. Wisconsin. ; Sources (1843-1887) -- Prospect Hill (1887-1904) -- Lawrenceville (1904-1905) -- New Haven (1905-1906) -- Forest School (1906-1909) -- Apache: The Breaks of the Blue (1909-1911) -- Carson: A Delightful Turmoil (1911-1913) -- On Top (1913-1915) -- “To Promote the Protection and Enjoyment of Wild Things … ” (1915-1919) -- Chief of Operations (1919-1922) -- Pioneers and Gullies (1923-1924) -- A Fish out of Water (1924-1928) -- “Game Methods: The American Way” (1928-1932) -- Consulting Forester (1932-1933) -- The Professor (1933-1934) -- The Value of Wilderness (1934-1935) -- Toward a Biotic View of Land (1936-1939) -- Digging Deeper (1939-1941) -- Land Use and Democracy (1942-1945) -- A Portent of a Different Future (1945-1947) -- Finale (1947-1948).
• Sommario/riassunto: This biography of Aldo Leopold follows him from his childhood as a precocious naturalist to his profoundly influential role in the development of conservation and modern environmentalism in the United States. This edition includes a new preface by author Curt Meine and an appreciation by acclaimed Kentucky writer and farmer Wendell Berry.
• Titolo autorizzato: Aldo Leopold
• ISBN: 9786612738814; 9781282738812; 128273881X; 9780299249038; 0299249034
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958451003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II