The man who built the Sierra Club : a life of David Brower /

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David Brower (1912-2000) was a central figure in the modern environmental movement. His leadership, vision, and elegant conception of the wilderness forever changed how we approach nature. In many ways he was a twentieth-century Thoreau. Brower transformed the Sierra Club into a national force that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wyss, Bob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Brower, David, > 1912-2000.
Brower, David, > 1912-2000
Sierra Club > History.
Sierra Club
Environmentalists > United States > Biography.
Conservationists > United States > Biography.
Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement) > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
Conservationists
Environmentalists
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • 1. First Fight
  • 2. Mountains
  • 3. The Club
  • 4. The Lesson
  • 5. Wilderness
  • 6. Forest
  • 7. Parks
  • 8. Glen Canyon
  • 9. Progress
  • 10. Books
  • 11. Escalating the Risks
  • 12. Grand Canyon
  • 13. Losing While Winning
  • 14. Diablo and Galápagos
  • 15. Conflict
  • 16. Campaign
  • 17. Echoes
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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