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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
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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