Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysThe first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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Some of the essays from Round River ("A Man's Leisure Time," "Country," "Natural History — The Forgotten Science," "The Deer Swath," "Deadening," "Conservation," "The Round River — A Parable," and "Goose Music") were re- edited and ...
Some of the essays from Round River ("A Man's Leisure Time," "Country," "Natural History — The Forgotten Science," "The Deer Swath," "Deadening," "Conservation," "The Round River — A Parable," and "Goose Music") were re- edited and ...
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Science, "poetry," and philosophy all coalesce in the climactic essays and especially in 'The Land Ethic" of Part III of A Sand County Almanac. "The Upshot" of Sand County begins with the "Conservation Esthetic." 8 J. BAIRD CALLICOTT.
Science, "poetry," and philosophy all coalesce in the climactic essays and especially in 'The Land Ethic" of Part III of A Sand County Almanac. "The Upshot" of Sand County begins with the "Conservation Esthetic." 8 J. BAIRD CALLICOTT.
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"The Upshot" of Sand County begins with the "Conservation Esthetic." Natural (as opposed to artistic or, more technically, ar- tifactual) aesthetics is a persistent concern of the author of A Sand County Almanac.
"The Upshot" of Sand County begins with the "Conservation Esthetic." Natural (as opposed to artistic or, more technically, ar- tifactual) aesthetics is a persistent concern of the author of A Sand County Almanac.
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pupfish and its eleventh-hour stay of execution has become an environmental cause célèbre — a symbol of the conservation of nongame nonresources and the responsibility of agency employees to guard the "biotic right" of species, ...
pupfish and its eleventh-hour stay of execution has become an environmental cause célèbre — a symbol of the conservation of nongame nonresources and the responsibility of agency employees to guard the "biotic right" of species, ...
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Long before conservation was a movement, he practiced voluntary restraint in the field and taught his children how to see the woods, how to perceive its hidden tales. As a hunter, he chose to limit his bag, stopped hunting certain ...
Long before conservation was a movement, he practiced voluntary restraint in the field and taught his children how to see the woods, how to perceive its hidden tales. As a hunter, he chose to limit his bag, stopped hunting certain ...
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Contents
| 3 | |
| 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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