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 12
... ecological literature , as reading his essay will confirm from the very first page . What may not be so evident from a reading of his essay is that he is also an accom- plished and highly sensitive field naturalist . Hence his under ...
... ecological literature , as reading his essay will confirm from the very first page . What may not be so evident from a reading of his essay is that he is also an accom- plished and highly sensitive field naturalist . Hence his under ...
Page 13
... Ecological Conscience , " Transactions of the Wisconsin Acad- emy of Sciences , Arts , and Letters 64 ( 1976 ) : 22 . 2. Dennis Ribbens , " The Making of A Sand County Almanac , " Wis- consin Academy Review 28 : 4 ( 1982 ) . 3. Charles ...
... Ecological Conscience , " Transactions of the Wisconsin Acad- emy of Sciences , Arts , and Letters 64 ( 1976 ) : 22 . 2. Dennis Ribbens , " The Making of A Sand County Almanac , " Wis- consin Academy Review 28 : 4 ( 1982 ) . 3. Charles ...
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... ecological insights decades ahead of their time . " 15 Altogether , Leopold spent fifteen years in the Southwest . When he left in 1924 , he was not the same forester that had ar- rived in 1909. He had never been a full convert to ...
... ecological insights decades ahead of their time . " 15 Altogether , Leopold spent fifteen years in the Southwest . When he left in 1924 , he was not the same forester that had ar- rived in 1909. He had never been a full convert to ...
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... ecological value , having been shaken by the tragic fiasco of deer overpopulation following predator extirpation on the Kaibab Plateau in Arizona . Finally , and most significantly , the game survey convinced Leopold that the most ...
... ecological value , having been shaken by the tragic fiasco of deer overpopulation following predator extirpation on the Kaibab Plateau in Arizona . Finally , and most significantly , the game survey convinced Leopold that the most ...
Page 40
... ecological , ethical , and esthetic di- mensions of the land relationship . The sand country of central Wisconsin is a flat land , and old . It is a legacy of sands slowly settling in the shallow Cambrian sea This essay , abridged ...
... ecological , ethical , and esthetic di- mensions of the land relationship . The sand country of central Wisconsin is a flat land , and old . It is a legacy of sands slowly settling in the shallow Cambrian sea This essay , abridged ...
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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