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Thoreau the land surveyor /

Placing Thoreau's surveying in historical context, the author explains the cultural and ideological implications of surveying work in the mid-19th century. He the ways that Thoreau's environmentalist disposition and philosophical convictions asserted themselves even as he reduced the land...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chura, Patrick, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Placing Thoreau's surveying in historical context, the author explains the cultural and ideological implications of surveying work in the mid-19th century. He the ways that Thoreau's environmentalist disposition and philosophical convictions asserted themselves even as he reduced the land to measurable terms and acted as an agent for bringing it under proprietary control.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
ISBN:9780813043500
0813043506
9780813038278
0813038278