Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 1 - 320 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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... change in environmental consciousness — and conscience. For all its charm and apparent simplicity, A Sand County Almanac is as incisive and complex as it is transformative. This volume brings together twelve interpretive and critical ...
... change in environmental consciousness — and conscience. For all its charm and apparent simplicity, A Sand County Almanac is as incisive and complex as it is transformative. This volume brings together twelve interpretive and critical ...
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... change. His straightforward biographical sketch brings us up to the investment of the man in the land. In "Aldo Leopold's Sand Country," Susan Flader introduces us to the land — to Wisconsin's sand counties celebrated by Aldo Leopold ...
... change. His straightforward biographical sketch brings us up to the investment of the man in the land. In "Aldo Leopold's Sand Country," Susan Flader introduces us to the land — to Wisconsin's sand counties celebrated by Aldo Leopold ...
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... changes in the orientation and growth of older environmental organizations — e.g., the National Audubon Society, the Isaac Walton League, and the Sierra Club — and the emergence of new ones — e.g., the Nature Conservancy and the ...
... changes in the orientation and growth of older environmental organizations — e.g., the National Audubon Society, the Isaac Walton League, and the Sierra Club — and the emergence of new ones — e.g., the Nature Conservancy and the ...
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... change on the American landscape and in our civilization. His words endure not because they ignore those changes, but ... changes that bind the past to the future. They help us to appreciate what it is to be alive on this magnificent ...
... change on the American landscape and in our civilization. His words endure not because they ignore those changes, but ... changes that bind the past to the future. They help us to appreciate what it is to be alive on this magnificent ...
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... changes, fire, forest reproduction, siltation rates, and climate. The result was a series of articles and speeches noteworthy for ecological insights decades ahead of their time.15 Altogether, Leopold spent fifteen years in the ...
... changes, fire, forest reproduction, siltation rates, and climate. The result was a series of articles and speeches noteworthy for ecological insights decades ahead of their time.15 Altogether, Leopold spent fifteen years in the ...
Contents
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| 15 | |
II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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| Title | Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays |
| Author | J. Baird Callicott |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 0299112330, 9780299112332 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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