Wilderness and the American mind /
Nash, Roderick,
Wilderness and the American mind / Roderick Frazier Nash ; foreword by Char Miller. - Fifth edition. - New Haven Yale University Press, 2014. - xxii, 409 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
A study of America's changing attitude toward wilderness, discussing efforts to protect the Alaskan wilderness, trends in wilderness management, and the international perspective.
9780300190380 (pbk.) 0300190387 (pbk.)
2013949305
Nature conservation--United States.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
Nature--Social aspects--United States.
Philosophy of nature--United States.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States.
Human ecology--History.--United States
Values--United States.
Wilderness areas--United States.
United States--Environmental conditions--History.
United States--Civilization.
E169.1 / .N37 2014 GE150 / .N368 2014
333.7820973 333.78/20973
Wilderness and the American mind / Roderick Frazier Nash ; foreword by Char Miller. - Fifth edition. - New Haven Yale University Press, 2014. - xxii, 409 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
A study of America's changing attitude toward wilderness, discussing efforts to protect the Alaskan wilderness, trends in wilderness management, and the international perspective.
9780300190380 (pbk.) 0300190387 (pbk.)
2013949305
Nature conservation--United States.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
Nature--Social aspects--United States.
Philosophy of nature--United States.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States.
Human ecology--History.--United States
Values--United States.
Wilderness areas--United States.
United States--Environmental conditions--History.
United States--Civilization.
E169.1 / .N37 2014 GE150 / .N368 2014
333.7820973 333.78/20973