Man and Nature in America / / Arthur A. Ekirch.
Provides historical perspective on the importance of our concern over man's relationship to his environment.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1963] ©1963 |
| Year of Publication: | 1963 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- I. Introduction
- II. The Agrarian Dream
- III. The Romantic View
- IV. Technology and Progress
- V. Transcendental Harmony: Emerson
- VI. Transcendental Harmony: Thoreau
- VII. George Perkins Marsh: Pioneer
- VIII. Conservationist Ideology
- IX. A Planned Society
- X. Resources and Energy
- XI. Population Problems
- XII. The Individual and the Machine
- XIII. Civilization and War
- XIV. Conclusion
- Notes
- Index