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
... appeared to be ubiquitous in scope, gargantuan in scale, and protracted in duration. Its dimensions — and character — appeared to me to shake Western cultural values and beliefs to the foundations. To blame greedy capitalists, big ...
... appeared to be ubiquitous in scope, gargantuan in scale, and protracted in duration. Its dimensions — and character — appeared to me to shake Western cultural values and beliefs to the foundations. To blame greedy capitalists, big ...
Page x
... appearing on the part-title pages. Finally, I thank Carolee Cote for her patient word-processing of all my contributions to this book as well as those of several other contributors. J. Baird Callicott August 15, 1986 Oakland, California ...
... appearing on the part-title pages. Finally, I thank Carolee Cote for her patient word-processing of all my contributions to this book as well as those of several other contributors. J. Baird Callicott August 15, 1986 Oakland, California ...
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... appeared in Round River are cited, accordingly, in footnotes. A Sand County Almanac — a bestseller, the environmentalist's bible, and a twentieth-century landmark in a genre of American letters pioneered by Thoreau and advanced by Marsh ...
... appeared in Round River are cited, accordingly, in footnotes. A Sand County Almanac — a bestseller, the environmentalist's bible, and a twentieth-century landmark in a genre of American letters pioneered by Thoreau and advanced by Marsh ...
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... appearance of this volume, surprisingly litde systematic interpretation or critical discussion. Roderick Nash devoted a chapter to Aldo Leopold in his celebrated Wilderness and the American Mind (now in its third revised edition) and ...
... appearance of this volume, surprisingly litde systematic interpretation or critical discussion. Roderick Nash devoted a chapter to Aldo Leopold in his celebrated Wilderness and the American Mind (now in its third revised edition) and ...
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... appeared. Today's conservationists carry on the work of the previous generation, and another generation prepares to assume the mantle. And so, for the good of both man and land, the work must continue. The conservation imperative ...
... appeared. Today's conservationists carry on the work of the previous generation, and another generation prepares to assume the mantle. And so, for the good of both man and land, the work must continue. The conservation imperative ...
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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