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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It was rooted in our whole way of doing things — modern technology — and our basic values — humanism and the summum bonum of human happiness, defined as pleasure and measured by money and material accumulation. I was a concerned citizen ...
It was rooted in our whole way of doing things — modern technology — and our basic values — humanism and the summum bonum of human happiness, defined as pleasure and measured by money and material accumulation. I was a concerned citizen ...
Page ix
I have tried to fit all the essays together to form a coherent book — a chorus of distinct voices blended into a harmonious whole. As such, they are intended to enrich and extend a reading of Leopold's classic.
I have tried to fit all the essays together to form a coherent book — a chorus of distinct voices blended into a harmonious whole. As such, they are intended to enrich and extend a reading of Leopold's classic.
Page x
Among them I especially thank Roderick Nash for his unfailing enthusiasm, encouragement, and support, Dennis Ribbens and Curt Meine for their ready advice and consultation on the structure of the whole and on matters of factual detail, ...
Among them I especially thank Roderick Nash for his unfailing enthusiasm, encouragement, and support, Dennis Ribbens and Curt Meine for their ready advice and consultation on the structure of the whole and on matters of factual detail, ...
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But although Sand County Almanac is ubiquitously quoted and the land ethic frequendy invoked, essays devoted to a patient study of the book as a whole or to its capstone essay, "The Land Ethic," may literally be counted on the fingers ...
But although Sand County Almanac is ubiquitously quoted and the land ethic frequendy invoked, essays devoted to a patient study of the book as a whole or to its capstone essay, "The Land Ethic," may literally be counted on the fingers ...
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Each section, moreover, is organized so as to reflect the flow of the whole. The first essay of each section is so ordered because, compared with the others in its group, it is more concrete, personal, or experiential.
Each section, moreover, is organized so as to reflect the flow of the whole. The first essay of each section is so ordered because, compared with the others in its group, it is more concrete, personal, or experiential.
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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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