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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Page viii
... cultural values and beliefs to the foundations . To blame greedy capitalists , big business , complicitous poli- ticians , and bureaucratic insouciance for the worsening envi- ronmental malaise , to me seemed too facile- -as well as too ...
... cultural values and beliefs to the foundations . To blame greedy capitalists , big business , complicitous poli- ticians , and bureaucratic insouciance for the worsening envi- ronmental malaise , to me seemed too facile- -as well as too ...
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... cultural milieu , and finally his place in a history of ideas . The second section focuses on the Almanac as a whole— its genesis , evolution , elements , and movements . The third sec- tion " wrestle [ s ] with the philosophical ...
... cultural milieu , and finally his place in a history of ideas . The second section focuses on the Almanac as a whole— its genesis , evolution , elements , and movements . The third sec- tion " wrestle [ s ] with the philosophical ...
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... cultural institution it has become had Aldo Leopold not been a consum- mate prose stylist as well as a renowned naturalist . But neither would it have been more than a fine nature book had its author not also been a philosopher ...
... cultural institution it has become had Aldo Leopold not been a consum- mate prose stylist as well as a renowned naturalist . But neither would it have been more than a fine nature book had its author not also been a philosopher ...
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... cultural effect of A Sand County Almanac . It begins with a very personal narrative by Edwin P. Pister , " A Pilgrim's Progress from Group A to Group B. " Pister is a state fish- and game - agency employee , a conserva- tionist toiling ...
... cultural effect of A Sand County Almanac . It begins with a very personal narrative by Edwin P. Pister , " A Pilgrim's Progress from Group A to Group B. " Pister is a state fish- and game - agency employee , a conserva- tionist toiling ...
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... cultural advantages of the east coast and in extracurricular activities came into conflict with his interest in the outdoors and the solitary life it offered . Sleepless nights and overwork ensued . As he began his formal study of ...
... cultural advantages of the east coast and in extracurricular activities came into conflict with his interest in the outdoors and the solitary life it offered . Sleepless nights and overwork ensued . As he began his formal study of ...
Contents
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II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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