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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
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
Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Knowledge > Surveying.
Milieufilosofie.
Landmeetkunde.
Surveyors
Surveying
Authors, American
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Geometres > États-Unis > Biographies.
Écrivains americains > 19e siecle > Biographies.
Surveying > United States > History > 19th century.
Surveyors > United States > Biography.
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Verenigde Staten.
United States
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
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 (224 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780813043500

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