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American wilderness : a new history / edited by Michael Lewis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198038825
  • 0198038828
  • 9781429460682
  • 1429460687
  • 9786611529031
  • 6611529039
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American wilderness.DDC classification:
  • 304.2 22
LOC classification:
  • GF503 .A64 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
American wilderness / Michael Lewis -- American wilderness and first contact / Melanie Perreault -- Religion "irradiates" the wilderness / Mark Stoll -- Farm against forest / Steven Stoll -- Natural history, romanticism, and Thoreau / Bradley P. Dean -- The fate of wilderness in American landscape art: the dilemmas of "nature's nation" / Angela Miller -- Wilderness parks and their discontents / Benjamin Johnson -- A Sylvan prospect: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and early twentieth-century conservationism / Char Miller -- Gender and wilderness conservation / Kimberly A. Jarvis -- Putting wilderness in context: the interwar origins of the modern wilderness idea / Paul Sutter -- Loving the wild in postwar America / Mark Harvey -- Wilderness and conservation science / Michael Lewis -- Creating wild places from domesticated landscapes: the internationalization of American wilderness concept / Christopher Conte -- The politics of modern wilderness / James Morton Turner -- Nature, liberty, and equality / Donald Worster.
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Summary: Ch. 1. American Wilderness--An Introduction, Michael Lewis. Ch. 2. American Wilderness and First Contact, Melanie Perreault. Ch. 3. Religion "Irradiates" the Wilderness, Mark Stoll. Ch. 4. Farm Against Forest, Steven Stoll. Ch. 5. Natural History, Romanticism, and Thoreau, Bradley P. Dean. Ch. 6. The Fate of Wilderness in American Landscape Art: The Dilemmas of "Nature's Nation", Angela Miller. Ch. 7. Wilderness Parks and Their Discontents, Benjamin Johnson. Ch. 8. A Sylvan Prospect: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and Early Twentieth-Century Conservatism, Char Miller. Ch. 9. G.
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ULS: Environmental History of Christianity ULS: Spring 2024

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.

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American wilderness / Michael Lewis -- American wilderness and first contact / Melanie Perreault -- Religion "irradiates" the wilderness / Mark Stoll -- Farm against forest / Steven Stoll -- Natural history, romanticism, and Thoreau / Bradley P. Dean -- The fate of wilderness in American landscape art: the dilemmas of "nature's nation" / Angela Miller -- Wilderness parks and their discontents / Benjamin Johnson -- A Sylvan prospect: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and early twentieth-century conservationism / Char Miller -- Gender and wilderness conservation / Kimberly A. Jarvis -- Putting wilderness in context: the interwar origins of the modern wilderness idea / Paul Sutter -- Loving the wild in postwar America / Mark Harvey -- Wilderness and conservation science / Michael Lewis -- Creating wild places from domesticated landscapes: the internationalization of American wilderness concept / Christopher Conte -- The politics of modern wilderness / James Morton Turner -- Nature, liberty, and equality / Donald Worster.

Ch. 1. American Wilderness--An Introduction, Michael Lewis. Ch. 2. American Wilderness and First Contact, Melanie Perreault. Ch. 3. Religion "Irradiates" the Wilderness, Mark Stoll. Ch. 4. Farm Against Forest, Steven Stoll. Ch. 5. Natural History, Romanticism, and Thoreau, Bradley P. Dean. Ch. 6. The Fate of Wilderness in American Landscape Art: The Dilemmas of "Nature's Nation", Angela Miller. Ch. 7. Wilderness Parks and Their Discontents, Benjamin Johnson. Ch. 8. A Sylvan Prospect: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and Early Twentieth-Century Conservatism, Char Miller. Ch. 9. G.

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