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Wilderness and the American mind
Roderick Nash
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An edition of Wilderness and the American mind (1967)

Wilderness and the American mind

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A study of America's changing attitude toward wilderness, discussing efforts to protect the Alaskan wilderness, trends in wilderness management, and the international perspective.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
409

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Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life, Nature conservation, Umweltbewusstsein, Naturraum, Civilization, Values, Naturphilosophie, History, Wildnis, Ecology, Nature, Social aspects, Philosophy of nature, Environmental conditions, Wilderness areas, Effect of human beings on, Humanökologie, Human ecology, Nature and civilization, United states, civilization, Conservation, Aspect social, Philosophie de la nature, Homme, Influence sur la nature, Civilisation, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Real Estate, General
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Wilderness and the American mind
2014, Yale University Press
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1982, Yale University Press
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1967-01-01, Yale University Press

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Table of Contents

Foreword / by Char Miller
Preface to the fifth edition : fifty years in the wilderness
Prologue : the condition of wilderness
Old World roots of opinion
A wilderness condition
The romantic wilderness
The American wilderness
Henry David Thoreau : philosopher
Preserve the wilderness!
Wilderness preserved
John Muir : publicizer
The wilderness cult
Hetch Hetchy
Aldo Leopold : prophet
Decisions for permanence
Toward a philosophy of wilderness
Alaska
The irony of victory
The international perspective
Epilogue to the fifth edition : island civilization.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
333.78/20973
Library of Congress
E169.1 .N37 2014, GE150 .N368 2014, E169.1.N37 2014, E169.1 .N37 2014eb

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Pagination
xxii, 409 pages
Number of pages
409

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OL26886409M
ISBN 10
0300190387
ISBN 13
9780300190380
LCCN
2013949305
OCLC/WorldCat
870533469, 868965249

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