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Natural States : the Environmental Imagination in Maine, Oregon, and the Nation.

Richard Judd and Christopher Beach define the environmental imagination as the attempt to secure 'a sense of freedom, permanence, and authenticity through communion with nature.' The desire for this connection is based on ideals about nature, wilderness, and the livable landscape that are...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Judd, Richard W.
Otros Autores: Beach, Christopher S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Earthscan, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Richard Judd and Christopher Beach define the environmental imagination as the attempt to secure 'a sense of freedom, permanence, and authenticity through communion with nature.' The desire for this connection is based on ideals about nature, wilderness, and the livable landscape that are personal, variable, and often contradictory. Judd and Beach are interested in the public expression of these ideals in post-World War II environmental politics. Arguing that the best way to study the relationship between popular values and politics is through local and regional records, they focus on Maine an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (337 pages)
ISBN:9781936331512
1936331519