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
... whole way of doing things — modern technology — and our basic values — hu- manism and the summum bonum of human happiness , defined as pleasure and measured by money and material accumulation . I was a concerned citizen , but I was also ...
... whole way of doing things — modern technology — and our basic values — hu- manism and the summum bonum of human happiness , defined as pleasure and measured by money and material accumulation . I was a concerned citizen , but I was also ...
Page ix
... whole . As such , they are intended to enrich and extend a reading of Leopold's classic . I thank all the contributors to this volume for their diligence , patience , and cooperation throughout the assembly process . Among them I ...
... whole . As such , they are intended to enrich and extend a reading of Leopold's classic . I thank all the contributors to this volume for their diligence , patience , and cooperation throughout the assembly process . Among them I ...
Page x
... whole and on matters of factual detail , and Peter Fritzell for his patient and thorough editorial assistance . I thank Nina Leopold Bradley for her help and warm encouragement from first to last and for lending me the photographs of ...
... whole and on matters of factual detail , and Peter Fritzell for his patient and thorough editorial assistance . I thank Nina Leopold Bradley for her help and warm encouragement from first to last and for lending me the photographs of ...
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... whole or to its capstone essay , " The Land Ethic , " may literally be counted on the fingers of one hand . Most of them are included in this volume . Writing in the mid - seventies , Peter Fritzell complained about this circumstance ...
... whole or to its capstone essay , " The Land Ethic , " may literally be counted on the fingers of one hand . Most of them are included in this volume . Writing in the mid - seventies , Peter Fritzell complained about this circumstance ...
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... whole . The first essay of each section is so ordered be- cause , compared with the others in its group , it is more concrete , personal , or experiential . The essays that follow are more chal- lenging and more specialized . Hence ...
... whole . The first essay of each section is so ordered be- cause , compared with the others in its group , it is more concrete , personal , or experiential . The essays that follow are more chal- lenging and more specialized . Hence ...
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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Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays J. Baird Callicott No preview available - 1987 |
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