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Uncommon Ground
Rethinking the Human Place in Nature
Häftad, 1996
244 kr
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In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature in our malls …
John Muir: Nature Writings (LOA #92)
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth / My First Summer in the Sierra / The Mountains of California / Stickeen / essays
Inbunden, 1997
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
485 kr
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Known as the "Father of the National Parks," John Muir wrote about the American West with unmatched passion and eloquence—as seen in this stunning, one-volume collection In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America's most eloquent spokesman for …
Nature's Metropolis
Chicago and the Great West
Häftad, 1992
213 kr
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In this groundbreaking work, William Cronon gives us an environmental perspective on the history of nineteenth-century America. By exploring the ecological and economic changes that made Chicago America's most dynamic city and the Great West its hinterland, Mr. Cronon opens a new window onto our …
Under an Open Sky
Rethinking America's Western Past
Av William Cronon, George Miles m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
324 kr
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The history of the American West is being transformed by exciting new ideas, new questions, new scholarship. For many years this field was dominated by popular images of the lone cowboy and the savage Indian, and by Frederick Jackson Turner's concept of the frontier as a steadily advancing source …
Changes in the Land, Revised Edition
Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
Häftad, 2003
257 kr
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The book that launched environmental history, William Cronon's Changes in the Land , now revised and updated. Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize In this landmark work of environmental history, William Cronon offers an original and profound explanation of the effects European colonists' sense of …
Spanish Borderlands Frontier, 1513-1821
Av John Francis Bannon, William Cronon
Inbunden, 1974
635 kr
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Spain's frontier movement in North American planted Hispanic civilisation in much of the future United States beginning with Ponce de Le+¦n's arrival in Florida in 1513. This book is the first all-inclusive treatment of the Spanish Borderlands in over fifty years. After describing the travels of …
America's Frontier Heritage
Av Ray Allen Billington, William Cronon m. fl.
Häftad, 1975
557 kr
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The hypothesis advanced in Frederick Jackson Turner's famous 1893 essay, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, has been debated by three generations of scholars. The pioneering experience, Turner suggested, accounted for some of the distinctive characteristics of the American …
John Muir: Nature Writings (LOA #92)
E-bok, 1997
441 kr
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In a lifetime of exploration, writing, and passionate political activism, John Muir became America''s most eloquent spokesman for the mystery and majesty of the wilderness. A crucial figure in the creation of our national parks system and a far-seeing prophet of environmental awareness who founded …
Firmament of Time
A Library of America eBook Classic
Av Loren Eiseley, William Cronon
E-bok, 2016
238 kr
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In The Firmament of Time ––nominated for a National Book Award––Loren Eiseley offers a series of brilliant, provocative excursions through the history of science. A paleontologist with the soul and skill of a poet, he reflects on the many ways in which the quest for knowledge has been shaped by the …
Unexpected Universe
A Library of America eBook Classic
Av Loren Eiseley, William Cronon
E-bok, 2016
146 kr
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At the height of a distinguished career as a paleontologist, Loren Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay. Here, in The Unexpected Universe , he displays his far-reaching knowledge and searching curiosity about the natural world, and the qualities that led …
Invisible Pyramid
A Library of America eBook Classic
Av Loren Eiseley, William Cronon
E-bok, 2016
233 kr
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To read Loren Eiseley is to renew a sense of wonder at the miracles and paradoxes of evolution and the ever-changing diversity of life. In this brilliant collection he considers the cosmological significance and ultimate meanings of our evolutionary history, offering a series of profound, lyrical …
Night Country
A Library of America eBook Classic
Av Loren Eiseley, William Cronon
E-bok, 2016
146 kr
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Weaving together memoir, philosophical reflection, and his always keen observations of the natural world, Loren Eiseley’s essays in The Night Country explore those moments, often dark and unexpected, when chance encounters disturb our ordinary understandings of the universe. The naturalist here …
