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Wilderness and the American mind / Roderick Nash.

Nash, Roderick. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0300016484
  • ISBN: 9780300016482
  • ISBN: 0300016492
  • ISBN: 9780300016499
  • Physical Description: xvi, 300 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: Revised edition.
  • Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1973.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-288) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: The condition of wilderness -- Old world roots of opinion -- The romantic wilderness -- The American wilderness -- Henry David Thoreu: philosopher -- Preserve the wilderness -- John Muir: publicizer -- The wilderness cult -- Hetch Hetchy -- Aldo Leopold: prophet -- Decisions permanence -- Wilderness, culture, and counterculture -- Epilogue: The irony of victory.
Subject:
United States > Civilization.
Frontier and pioneer life > United States.
Nature conservation > United States.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library E 161.9 .N37 1973 285403 Stacks Reshelving -