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Wilderness and the American Mind
Roderick Frazier Nash
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Description for Wilderness and the American Mind
Paperback. Includes a preface and epilogue that brings Wilderness and the American Mind into dialogue with contemporary debates about wilderness. This is a study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history, as well as the origins of the environmental and conservation movements. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PSAF; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 382.
The classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history and the origins of the environmental and conservation movements
“The Book of Genesis for conservationists”—Dave Foreman
Since its initial publication in 1967, Roderick Nash's Wilderness and the American Mind has received wide acclaim. The Los Angeles Times listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine included it in a survey of “books that changed our world,” and it has been called the “Book of Genesis for environmentalists.”
For the fifth edition, Nash has written a ... Read more
The classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history and the origins of the environmental and conservation movements
“The Book of Genesis for conservationists”—Dave Foreman
Since its initial publication in 1967, Roderick Nash's Wilderness and the American Mind has received wide acclaim. The Los Angeles Times listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine included it in a survey of “books that changed our world,” and it has been called the “Book of Genesis for environmentalists.”
For the fifth edition, Nash has written a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
381g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300190380
SKU
V9780300190380
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Ref
99-1
About Roderick Frazier Nash
Roderick Frazier Nash is professor emeritus of history and environmental studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is regarded as one of the founders of environmental history in the United States. Char Miller is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College.
Reviews for Wilderness and the American Mind
"One of those rare works that combines exemplary scholarship and readability."—Washington Post Book World (on an earlier edition)