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RECORD NUMBER: 1175 OF 1288Main Title | The landscape of reform : civic pragmatism and environmental thought in America / | |||||||||||
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Author | Minteer, Ben A., | |||||||||||
Publisher | MIT Press, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2006 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 61303543 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0262134616; 9780262134613 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Environmentalism--United States ; Environmental ethics--United States ; Umweltbewusstsein--(DE-588)4078517-8 ; Umweltschutz--(DE-588)4061644-7 ; USA--(DE-588)4078704-7 ; Umweltethik | |||||||||||
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Collation | viii, 264 p. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-255) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Civic pragmatism and American environmental reform -- Nature study, rural progressivism, and the holy earth : the forgotten contribution of Liberty Hyde Bailey -- Lewis Mumford's pragmatic conservationism -- Wilderness and the "wise province" : Benton MacKaye's Appalachian Trail -- Aldo Leopold, land health, and the public interest -- The third way today : natural systems agriculture and new urbanism -- Conclusion : environmental ethics as civic philosophy. |