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Wilderness and the American mind / Roderick Frazier Nash ; foreword by Char Miller.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven Yale University Press, 2014. Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxii, 409 p. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780300190380 (pbk.)
  • 0300190387 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.7820973 23
  • 333.78/20973
LOC classification:
  • E169.1 .N37 2014
  • GE150 .N368 2014
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.
Summary: 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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Books Books Gulbanoo Premji Library, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru 1st Floor 333.7820973 NAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 27826
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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.

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