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 39
... American Crusade for Wildlife ( New York : Win- chester Press and the Boone and Crockett Club , 1975 ) . 19. Aldo Leopold , Report on a Game Survey of the North Central States ( Madison : Democrat Printing Company , for the Sporting ...
... American Crusade for Wildlife ( New York : Win- chester Press and the Boone and Crockett Club , 1975 ) . 19. Aldo Leopold , Report on a Game Survey of the North Central States ( Madison : Democrat Printing Company , for the Sporting ...
Page 45
... American past . The Turner frontier thesis , as it is called- after Turner's most important statement of the theme in an 1893 address , " The Significance of the Frontier in American 45 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
... American past . The Turner frontier thesis , as it is called- after Turner's most important statement of the theme in an 1893 address , " The Significance of the Frontier in American 45 Aldo Leopold's Sand Country.
Page 46
... American His- tory " —dominated American historical thought for the first quarter of the twentieth century , spawning a " frontier school " of scholarship . Since then the thesis has been subjected to repeated criticism and revision ...
... American His- tory " —dominated American historical thought for the first quarter of the twentieth century , spawning a " frontier school " of scholarship . Since then the thesis has been subjected to repeated criticism and revision ...
Page 47
... American development would be settled . 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 ...
... American development would be settled . 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 ...
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... American his- tory for people finally to confront , even half - blindly , the conse- quences of mindless expansion and exploitation , and to under- take , however falteringly , that process of social reorganization that Frederick ...
... American his- tory for people finally to confront , even half - blindly , the conse- quences of mindless expansion and exploitation , and to under- take , however falteringly , that process of social reorganization that Frederick ...
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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