Nash, Roderick,

Wilderness and the American mind Roderick Frazier Nash ; foreword by Char Miller. - Fifth edition. - New Haven Yale University Press 2014 - xxii, 409 pages ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / by Char Miller -- Preface to the fifth edition : fifty years in the wilderness -- Prologue : the condition of wilderness -- 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 -- Epilogue to the fifth edition : island civilization.

A study of America's changing attitude toward wilderness, discussing efforts to protect the Alaskan wilderness, trends in wilderness management, and the international perspective.

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Nature conservation--United States.
Frontier and pioneer life--United States.
Nature--Social aspects--United States.
Philosophy of nature--United States.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States.
Human ecology--History.--United States
Values--United States.
Civilization.
Ecology.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Human ecology.
Nature conservation.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Nature--Social aspects.
Philosophy of nature.
Values.
Naturphilosophie.
Wildnis.
Naturraum.
Humanökologie.
Umweltbewusstsein.
Nature and civilization--United States.
Philosophy of nature.
Wilderness areas--United States.
Nature conservation--United States.


United States--Environmental conditions--History.
United States--Civilization.
United States.


History.

E169.1 / .N37 2014 GE150 / .N368 2014

333.7820973 / N171
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