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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This is a book about a book, A Sand County Almanac, not about a man, Aldo Leopold. Leopold was much more than the author of A Sand County Almanac. He was also author of Game Management and numerous technical papers and reports, ...
This is a book about a book, A Sand County Almanac, not about a man, Aldo Leopold. Leopold was much more than the author of A Sand County Almanac. He was also author of Game Management and numerous technical papers and reports, ...
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Charles Darwin, three-quarters of a century earlier than Leopold, had observed the evolutionary-historical "ethical sequence" and forecast the extension of "sympathy beyond the confines of man."3 Darwin's vision of an ethic extending ...
Charles Darwin, three-quarters of a century earlier than Leopold, had observed the evolutionary-historical "ethical sequence" and forecast the extension of "sympathy beyond the confines of man."3 Darwin's vision of an ethic extending ...
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Charles R. Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (New York: J. A. Hill and Company, 1904), 124. 4. See Tom Regan, "Ethical Vegetarianism and Commercial Animal Farming," in Contemporary Moral Problems, ed.
Charles R. Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (New York: J. A. Hill and Company, 1904), 124. 4. See Tom Regan, "Ethical Vegetarianism and Commercial Animal Farming," in Contemporary Moral Problems, ed.
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Aldo Leopold was not a simple man, however simple were his convictions. He lived only sixty-one years, but his birth and death bracketed a period of profound change on the American landscape and in our civilization.
Aldo Leopold was not a simple man, however simple were his convictions. He lived only sixty-one years, but his birth and death bracketed a period of profound change on the American landscape and in our civilization.
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Contents
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| 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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