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 35
... conservation in which he had been trained and the ecologically based conservation toward which the move- ment was heading . His program was funded on a five - year ex- perimental basis and in the fall of 1933 he joined the University of ...
... conservation in which he had been trained and the ecologically based conservation toward which the move- ment was heading . His program was funded on a five - year ex- perimental basis and in the fall of 1933 he joined the University of ...
Page 37
... conservation imperative becomes only more important as we come to understand that freedom is a function of perception ; that we are free to the degree that we are aware of , understand , and can respond to the forces that shape our ...
... conservation imperative becomes only more important as we come to understand that freedom is a function of perception ; that we are free to the degree that we are aware of , understand , and can respond to the forces that shape our ...
Page 50
... Conservation De- partment and other state agencies , university departments , the agricultural extension service and county agents , county and town officials , and even a few local citizens . Overnight , projects were underway on ...
... Conservation De- partment and other state agencies , university departments , the agricultural extension service and county agents , county and town officials , and even a few local citizens . Overnight , projects were underway on ...
Page 51
... conservation had ever before had enough field labor simultane- ously at work on different projects to appreciate fully either the pitfalls or the possibilities . " If the accouchement of conservation in 1933 bore no other fruits , " he ...
... conservation had ever before had enough field labor simultane- ously at work on different projects to appreciate fully either the pitfalls or the possibilities . " If the accouchement of conservation in 1933 bore no other fruits , " he ...
Page 52
... conservation as " a kind of sacrificial offer- ing , made for us vicariously by bureaus , on lands nobody wants for other purposes , in propitiation for the atrocities which still prevail everywhere else . " The other concept ...
... conservation as " a kind of sacrificial offer- ing , made for us vicariously by bureaus , on lands nobody wants for other purposes , in propitiation for the atrocities which still prevail everywhere else . " The other concept ...
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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