American Earth: Environmental Writing Since ThoreauBill McKibben As America and the world grapple with the consequences of global environmental change, writer and activist Bill McKibben offers this unprecedented, provocative, and timely anthology, gathering the best and most significant American environmental writing from the last two centuries. Classics of the environmental imaginationathe essays of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and John Burroughs; Aldo Leopoldas A Sand County Almanac; Rachel Carsonas Silent Springaare set against the inspiring story of an emerging activist movement, as revealed by newly uncovered reports of pioneering campaigns for conservation, passages from landmark legal opinions and legislation, and searing protest speeches. Here are some of Americaas greatest and most impassioned writers, taking a turn toward nature and recognizing the fragility of our situation on earth and the urgency of the search for a sustainable way of life. Thought-provoking essays on overpopulation, consumerism, energy policy, and the nature of anaturea join ecologistsa memoirs and intimate sketches of the habitats of endangered species. The anthology includes a detailed chronology of the environmental movement and American environmental history, as well as an 80-page color portfolio of illustrations. |
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Environmental Writing Since Thoreau Bill McKibben. actively developing before ecology was born , hence a slower penetration of ecological concepts might be expected . Moreover the farmer , by the very nature of his techniques , must ...
Environmental Writing Since Thoreau Bill McKibben. actively developing before ecology was born , hence a slower penetration of ecological concepts might be expected . Moreover the farmer , by the very nature of his techniques , must ...
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... ecological concepts . An understanding of ecology does not necessarily originate in courses bearing ecological labels ; it is quite as likely to be labeled geography , botany , agronomy , history , or economics . This is as it should be ...
... ecological concepts . An understanding of ecology does not necessarily originate in courses bearing ecological labels ; it is quite as likely to be labeled geography , botany , agronomy , history , or economics . This is as it should be ...
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... ecological group cannot speak . But those people who have so frequented the place as to know its values and wonders will be able to speak for the entire ecological community . Ecology reflects the land ethic ; and Aldo Leopold wrote in ...
... ecological group cannot speak . But those people who have so frequented the place as to know its values and wonders will be able to speak for the entire ecological community . Ecology reflects the land ethic ; and Aldo Leopold wrote in ...
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George Catlin | 37 |
Lydia Huntley Sigourney | 46 |
Table Rock Album | 59 |
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