Driven wild : how the fight against automobiles launched the modern wilderness movement /

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In this book, the author traces the intellectual and cultural roots of the modern wilderness movement from about 1910 through the 1930s, with tightly drawn portraits of four Wilderness Society founders- Aldo Leopold, Robert Sterling Yard, Benton MacKaye, and Bob Marshall.--Back Cover.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sutter, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2005.
Edición:1st pbk. ed.
Colección:Weyerhaeuser environmental book.
Temas:
Nature conservation > United States > History.
Wilderness areas > United States > History.
Conservationists > United States > History.
Automobiles > Environmental aspects > United States > History.
Nature > Conservation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Automobiles > Aspect de l'environnement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Écologistes (Défenseurs de l'environnement) > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Automobiles > Environmental aspects
Conservationists
Nature conservation
Wilderness areas
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The problem of the wilderness
  • Knowing nature through leisure: outdoor recreation during the interwar years
  • A blank spot on the map: Aldo Leopold
  • Advertising the wild: Robert Sterling Yard
  • Wilderness as regional plan: Benton MacKaye
  • The freedom of the wilderness: Bob Marshall
  • Epilogue: a living wilderness.

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