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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He gave his daughter a private education, a love of natural beauty, and a thorough immersion in German romanticism. Her mother, Marie, taught her the social graces that a young lady required and the homemaking skills — Clara 18 CURT ...
He gave his daughter a private education, a love of natural beauty, and a thorough immersion in German romanticism. Her mother, Marie, taught her the social graces that a young lady required and the homemaking skills — Clara 18 CURT ...
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He came to Lawrenceville shy, earnest, serious, and more than a little judgmental, but his lighter, social side soon emerged and he found his niche in the convivial community of the school. He was not a typical student.
He came to Lawrenceville shy, earnest, serious, and more than a little judgmental, but his lighter, social side soon emerged and he found his niche in the convivial community of the school. He was not a typical student.
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The Wisconsin of Frederick Jackson Turner's boyhood was a rapidly evolving social order. As Turner roamed the streams and lakes of the sand country in quest of trout or pickerel or bass, he occasionally chanced upon Indians who had ...
The Wisconsin of Frederick Jackson Turner's boyhood was a rapidly evolving social order. As Turner roamed the streams and lakes of the sand country in quest of trout or pickerel or bass, he occasionally chanced upon Indians who had ...
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... social strife of Europe, would endure so long as there was the possibility of expanding to new lands. At the same time he realized that the very existence of free lands, especially in view of the scarcity of capital and labor, ...
... social strife of Europe, would endure so long as there was the possibility of expanding to new lands. At the same time he realized that the very existence of free lands, especially in view of the scarcity of capital and labor, ...
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But the problem of the West was not easy of solution — it meant "nothing less than the problem of working out original social ideals and social adjustments for the American nation."8 Thus, ironically, through Turner's frontier thesis, ...
But the problem of the West was not easy of solution — it meant "nothing less than the problem of working out original social ideals and social adjustments for the American nation."8 Thus, ironically, through Turner's frontier thesis, ...
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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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