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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Its dimensions — and character — appeared to me to shake Western cultural values and beliefs to the foundations. To blame greedy capitalists, big business, complicitous politicians, and bureaucratic insouciance for the worsening ...
Its dimensions — and character — appeared to me to shake Western cultural values and beliefs to the foundations. To blame greedy capitalists, big business, complicitous politicians, and bureaucratic insouciance for the worsening ...
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The first section provides an account of the author's life, his geographical and 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, ...
The first section provides an account of the author's life, his geographical and 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, ...
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His book would not be the cultural institution it has become had Aldo Leopold not been a consummate 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 ...
His book would not be the cultural institution it has become had Aldo Leopold not been a consummate 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 ...
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... intellectual vocabulary; and broadly educated people, like Leopold, pick them up, tune them in, in any number of indirect ways. The fourth section of this book, 'The Impact," is intended to provide some sense of the lasting cultural ...
... intellectual vocabulary; and broadly educated people, like Leopold, pick them up, tune them in, in any number of indirect ways. The fourth section of this book, 'The Impact," is intended to provide some sense of the lasting cultural ...
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His interests in the 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.
His interests in the 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.
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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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