A river running west [[electronic resource] ] : the life of John Wesley Powell / / Donald Worster |
Autore | Worster Donald <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (688 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - United States
Conservationists - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-45165-3
0-19-535664-0 1-4237-6074-3 1-60256-075-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part One: Northern Days -- 1 A MISSION TO AMERICA -- 2 RISING ON THE PRAIRIE -- 3 THE HORNETS' NEST OF WAR -- Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado -- 4 WESTWARD THE NATURALIST -- 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN -- 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS -- 7 KAPURATS -- 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH -- 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT -- 10 MYTHS AND MAPS -- 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH -- 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST -- 13 JOURNEY'S END -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458500603321 |
Worster Donald <1941-> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A river running west [[electronic resource] ] : the life of John Wesley Powell / / Donald Worster |
Autore | Worster Donald <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (688 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - United States
Conservationists - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-45165-3
0-19-535664-0 1-4237-6074-3 1-60256-075-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part One: Northern Days -- 1 A MISSION TO AMERICA -- 2 RISING ON THE PRAIRIE -- 3 THE HORNETS' NEST OF WAR -- Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado -- 4 WESTWARD THE NATURALIST -- 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN -- 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS -- 7 KAPURATS -- 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH -- 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT -- 10 MYTHS AND MAPS -- 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH -- 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST -- 13 JOURNEY'S END -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784556103321 |
Worster Donald <1941-> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A river running west : the life of John Wesley Powell / / Donald Worster |
Autore | Worster Donald <1941-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (688 p.) |
Disciplina |
333.7/2/092
B |
Soggetto topico |
Explorers - United States
Conservationists - United States |
ISBN |
1-280-45165-3
0-19-535664-0 1-4237-6074-3 1-60256-075-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: Part One: Northern Days -- 1 A MISSION TO AMERICA -- 2 RISING ON THE PRAIRIE -- 3 THE HORNETS' NEST OF WAR -- Part Two: Canyons of the Colorado -- 4 WESTWARD THE NATURALIST -- 5 DOWN THE GREAT UNKNOWN -- 6 SURVEYING THE HIGH PLATEAUS -- 7 KAPURATS -- 8 THE SUBLIMEST THING ON EARTH -- 9 DEMOCRACY ENCOUNTERS THE DESERT -- 10 MYTHS AND MAPS -- 11 REDEEMING THE EARTH -- 12 THE PROBLEM OF THE WEST -- 13 JOURNEY'S END -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821848603321 |
Worster Donald <1941-> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The wealth of nature [[electronic resource] ] : environmental history and the ecological imagination / / Donald Worster |
Autore | Worster Donald <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/8/0973 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - United States - History
Landscape assessment - United States - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-756069-5
0-19-802394-4 1-280-44183-6 1-4237-3851-9 1-60256-003-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. The Nature We Have Lost; 2. Paths Across the Levee; 3. History as Natural History; 4. Transformations of the Earth; 5. Arranging a Marriage: Ecology and Agriculture; 6. A Sense of Soil; 7. Good Farming and the Public Good; 8. Private, Public, Personal: Americans and the Land; 9. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Water; 10. Thinking Like a River; 11. An End to Ecstasy; 12. The Shaky Ground of Sustainable Development; 13. The Ecology of Order and Chaos; 14. Restoring a Natural Order; 15. John Muir and the Roots of American Environmentalism; 16. The Wealth of Nature; Notes; Index; A |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450433103321 |
Worster Donald <1941-> | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The wealth of nature [[electronic resource] ] : environmental history and the ecological imagination / / Donald Worster |
Autore | Worster Donald <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/8/0973 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - United States - History
Landscape assessment - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-19-756069-5
0-19-802394-4 1-280-44183-6 1-4237-3851-9 1-60256-003-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. The Nature We Have Lost; 2. Paths Across the Levee; 3. History as Natural History; 4. Transformations of the Earth; 5. Arranging a Marriage: Ecology and Agriculture; 6. A Sense of Soil; 7. Good Farming and the Public Good; 8. Private, Public, Personal: Americans and the Land; 9. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Water; 10. Thinking Like a River; 11. An End to Ecstasy; 12. The Shaky Ground of Sustainable Development; 13. The Ecology of Order and Chaos; 14. Restoring a Natural Order; 15. John Muir and the Roots of American Environmentalism; 16. The Wealth of Nature; Notes; Index; A |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783361203321 |
Worster Donald <1941-> | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The wealth of nature : environmental history and the ecological imagination / / Donald Worster |
Autore | Worster Donald <1941-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 304.2/8/0973 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Human ecology - United States - History
Landscape assessment - United States - History |
ISBN |
0-19-756069-5
0-19-802394-4 1-280-44183-6 1-4237-3851-9 1-60256-003-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. The Nature We Have Lost; 2. Paths Across the Levee; 3. History as Natural History; 4. Transformations of the Earth; 5. Arranging a Marriage: Ecology and Agriculture; 6. A Sense of Soil; 7. Good Farming and the Public Good; 8. Private, Public, Personal: Americans and the Land; 9. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Water; 10. Thinking Like a River; 11. An End to Ecstasy; 12. The Shaky Ground of Sustainable Development; 13. The Ecology of Order and Chaos; 14. Restoring a Natural Order; 15. John Muir and the Roots of American Environmentalism; 16. The Wealth of Nature; Notes; Index; A |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825728503321 |
Worster Donald <1941-> | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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