Thoreau the land surveyor /

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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.
Temas:
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Knowledge > Surveying.
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862
1800 - 1899
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Surveyors > United States > Biography.
Surveying > United States > History > 19th century.
Écrivains américains > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Géomètres > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Authors, American
Surveying
Surveyors
Landmeetkunde.
Milieufilosofie.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The surveyor and the state
  • Material to mythology
  • Walden, Cape Cod, and the duty of the coast survey
  • The skillful engineer
  • Serving Admetus
  • The science of the field notes
  • The Concord surveyor and the Kansas surveyor
  • "I am a surveyor."

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