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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The 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 ...
The 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 ...
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... between them.3 For all their importance to the Indians, the hunting grounds of central Wisconsin remained unknown to the whites for nearly two centuries after Jean Nicolet greeted the Winnebagos in 1634 on the shores of Green Bay.
... between them.3 For all their importance to the Indians, the hunting grounds of central Wisconsin remained unknown to the whites for nearly two centuries after Jean Nicolet greeted the Winnebagos in 1634 on the shores of Green Bay.
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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 History" — 45 Aldo Leopold's Sand ...
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 History" — 45 Aldo Leopold's Sand ...
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Most important, the shack offered space enough and time to practice the arts of wild husbandry. A sense of husbandry, said Leopold, "is realized only when some art of management is 54 SUSAN FLADER.
Most important, the shack offered space enough and time to practice the arts of wild husbandry. A sense of husbandry, said Leopold, "is realized only when some art of management is 54 SUSAN FLADER.
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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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