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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roderick Nash |
| ISBN: | 0300091222 9780300091229 |
| OCLC Number: | 47270223 |
| Notes: | Previous ed.: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 1982. |
| Description: | xiv, 413 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Contents: | Old World roots of opinion -- A wilderness condition -- The romantic wilderness -- The American wilderness -- Henry David Thoreau: philosopher -- Preserve the wilderness! -- Wilderness preserved -- John Muir: publicizer -- The wilderness cult -- Hetch Hetchy -- Aldo Leopold: prophet -- Decisions for permanence -- Toward a philosophy of wilderness -- Alaska -- The irony of victory -- The international perspective. |
| Series Title: | Yale Nota bene |
| Responsibility: | Roderick Frazier Nash. |
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