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 vii
... tion to a groundswell change in environmental consciousness- and conscience . For all its charm and apparent simplicity , A Sand County Almanac is as incisive and complex as it is trans- formative . This volume brings together twelve ...
... tion to a groundswell change in environmental consciousness- and conscience . For all its charm and apparent simplicity , A Sand County Almanac is as incisive and complex as it is trans- formative . This volume brings together twelve ...
Page ix
... tion of ecological fact to environmental value , and so on . This book provides me with an opportunity to share with a larger audience one of my previously published articles on Leopold's monumental effect on modern environmental aware ...
... tion of ecological fact to environmental value , and so on . This book provides me with an opportunity to share with a larger audience one of my previously published articles on Leopold's monumental effect on modern environmental aware ...
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... tion " wrestle [ s ] with the philosophical questions of Part III " of the Almanac ( viii ) . The fourth is a denouement ; it considers the impact of A Sand County Almanac on public resource manage- ment , on American environmental ...
... tion " wrestle [ s ] with the philosophical questions of Part III " of the Almanac ( viii ) . The fourth is a denouement ; it considers the impact of A Sand County Almanac on public resource manage- ment , on American environmental ...
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... tion to the Englishman Henry Salt , two Americans , Edward Payson Evans and J. Howard Moore , had also speculated , in the light of Darwin's theory , about extending ethics beyond the sphere of human relationships . But , in my view ...
... tion to the Englishman Henry Salt , two Americans , Edward Payson Evans and J. Howard Moore , had also speculated , in the light of Darwin's theory , about extending ethics beyond the sphere of human relationships . But , in my view ...
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... tion , however , to natural aesthetics has been scarcely acknowl- edged or appreciated , in part because the " Conservation Es- thetic " presents a much less sustained argument than " The Land Ethic . " How can land , under science — a ...
... tion , however , to natural aesthetics has been scarcely acknowl- edged or appreciated , in part because the " Conservation Es- thetic " presents a much less sustained argument than " The Land Ethic . " How can land , under science — a ...
Contents
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II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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