Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysJ. Baird Callicott University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 15 - 308 pages The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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Page 130
... land community as empirical fact , through the recogni- tion of man's place in land communities , to a plea for ethical standards of land use . * The argument progresses inductively : from one restricted land community ; through a set ...
... land community as empirical fact , through the recogni- tion of man's place in land communities , to a plea for ethical standards of land use . * The argument progresses inductively : from one restricted land community ; through a set ...
Page 138
... land community . Modern man especially has simplified ( or oversimplified ) the land pyra- mid . He has , in fact , been a counterevolutionary force in the biota . He has had counterevolutionary effects on the environ- ments he has ...
... land community . Modern man especially has simplified ( or oversimplified ) the land pyra- mid . He has , in fact , been a counterevolutionary force in the biota . He has had counterevolutionary effects on the environ- ments he has ...
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... land community , each mem- ber of the land community ( humankind included ) soberly and unconsciously pursuing the mouse - eat - grass , hawk - eat - mouse pattern that prevails in all ecosystems : " To the mouse , snow means freedom ...
... land community , each mem- ber of the land community ( humankind included ) soberly and unconsciously pursuing the mouse - eat - grass , hawk - eat - mouse pattern that prevails in all ecosystems : " To the mouse , snow means freedom ...
Contents
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Aldo Leopolds Intellectual Heritage | 63 |
Copyright | |
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