Roderick Nash
Auteur van Wilderness and the American Mind
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Fotografie: from UC Santa Barbara faculty page
Werken van Roderick Nash
Nature in World Development: Patterns in the Preservation of Scenic and Outdoor Recreation Resources (1978) 1 exemplaar
The Rites of Nature 1 exemplaar
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Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era: Documents and Essays (1993) — Medewerker — 76 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1939
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York City, New York, USA
Crested Butte, Colorado, USA - Opleiding
- University of Wisconsin, Madison (MS, PhD)
Harvard University (BA) - Beroepen
- Environmental Studies Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
member, board of directors, Yosemite Institute
member, advisory committee, U.S. National Park Service
professional river guide - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (2001)
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Wilderness and the American Mind, Fourth Edition door Professor Roderick Nash
This is an excellent survey of the history of the concept of wilderness in America. Originally published in 1967, the latest edition contains four additional chapters. The even-handed treatment of the topic has made this a classic of its genre, and its themes and lessons resonate through time. Our current debates about global warming and oil exploration echo the many (seemingly) forgotten political battles of the past, laid out here in lucid detail. Noticeably absent, however, is any discussion of aquatic wilderness. Even so, this is an essential book for anyone interested in environmentalism or the ceaseless efforts of industry to develop and/or harvest America's natural treasures.… (meer)
An overview of philosophical and religious beliefs regarding Nature. An informative chapter detailing "the greening of religion," makes a specific reference to the Universal Pantheist Society.
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- 989
- Populariteit
- #26,038
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- 4.2
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- 2
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- 48