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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Of what account is this? To what end perception? Why need we look to land when, in Leopold's words, "education and culture have become almost synonymous with landlessness"? 22 Leopold's perception, like other human accomplishments, ...
Of what account is this? To what end perception? Why need we look to land when, in Leopold's words, "education and culture have become almost synonymous with landlessness"? 22 Leopold's perception, like other human accomplishments, ...
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And the sand country was older still, its long history intimately bound with the geologic and human history of the continent. Leopold encountered the sand counties first as a professional land manager, seeking through new tools of ...
And the sand country was older still, its long history intimately bound with the geologic and human history of the continent. Leopold encountered the sand counties first as a professional land manager, seeking through new tools of ...
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Noting the gradual evolution of ethics from individual to social relationships, he called for the extension of ethical criteria to the third element of the human environment, the land and the plants and animals that grow upon it.12 The ...
Noting the gradual evolution of ethics from individual to social relationships, he called for the extension of ethical criteria to the third element of the human environment, the land and the plants and animals that grow upon it.12 The ...
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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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