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Agrarianism and the Good Society
Eric T. Freyfogle
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Description for Agrarianism and the Good Society
Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. This work raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. In this literate and wide-ranging exploration, Eric T. Freyfogle raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands. These land-use crises, he contends, arise mostly because of cultural attitudes that once made sense on the American frontier but now threaten our natural resources. To support and sustain healthy communities, profound adjustments will be required. Freyfogle's search leads him down unusual paths. He probes Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain ... Read more
Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. In this literate and wide-ranging exploration, Eric T. Freyfogle raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands. These land-use crises, he contends, arise mostly because of cultural attitudes that once made sense on the American frontier but now threaten our natural resources. To support and sustain healthy communities, profound adjustments will be required. Freyfogle's search leads him down unusual paths. He probes Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124391
SKU
V9780813124391
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About Eric T. Freyfogle
Eric T. Freyfogle has written extensively on the fundamental links between people and place in such works as Why Conservation Is Failing and How It Can Regain Ground. Long active in state and local conservation efforts, he teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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