The Maximum Of Wilderness
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The Maximum Of Wilderness
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Author : Kelly Enright
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2012-01-10
The Maximum Of Wilderness written by Kelly Enright and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-10 with Nature categories.
Danger in the Congo! The unexplored Amazon! Long perceived as a place of mystery and danger, and more recently as a fragile system requiring our protection, the tropical forest captivated America for over a century. In The Maximum of Wilderness, Kelly Enright traces the representation of tropical forests--what Americans have typically thought of as "jungles"--and their place in both our perception of "wildness" and the globalization of the environmental movement. In the early twentieth century, jungle adventure--as depicted by countless books and films, from Burroughs’s Tarzan novels to King Kong--had enormous mass appeal. Concurrent with the proliferation of a popular image of the jungle that masked many of its truths was the work of American naturalists who sought to represent an "authentic" view of tropical nature through museums, zoological and botanical gardens, books, and film. Enright examines the relationship between popular and scientific representations of the forest through the lives and work of Martin and Osa Johnson (who with films such as Congorilla and Simba blended authenticity with adventure), as well as renowned naturalists John Muir, William Beebe, David Fairchild, and Richard Evans Schultes. The author goes on to explore a startling shift at midcentury in the perception of the tropical forest--from the "jungle," a place that endangers human life, to the "rain forest," a place that is itself endangered.
In The Wilderness
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Author : Charles Dudley Warner
language : en
Publisher: Trieste Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-02
In The Wilderness written by Charles Dudley Warner and has been published by Trieste Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with History categories.
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The Idea Of Wilderness
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Author : Max Oelschlaeger
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1991-01-01
The Idea Of Wilderness written by Max Oelschlaeger and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
How has the concept of wild nature changed over the millennia? And what have been the environmental consequences? In this broad-ranging book Max Oelschlaeger argues that the idea of wilderness has reflected the evolving character of human existence from Paleolithic times to the present day. An intellectual history, it draws together evidence from philosophy, anthropology, theology, literature, ecology, cultural geography, and archaeology to provide a new scientifically and philosophically informed understanding of humankind's relationship to nature. Oelschlaeger begins by examining the culture of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, whose totems symbolized the idea of organic unity between humankind and wild nature, and idea that the author believes is essential to any attempt to define human potential. He next traces how the transformation of these hunter-gatherers into farmers led to a new awareness of distinctions between humankind and nature, and how Hellenism and Judeo-Christianity later introduced the unprecedented concept that nature was valueless until humanized. Oelschlaeger discusses the concept of wilderness in relation to the rise of classical science and modernism, and shows that opposition to "modernism" arose almost immediately from scientific, literary, and philosophical communities. He provides new and, in some cases, revisionist studies of the seminal American figures Thoreau, Muir, and Leopold, and he gives fresh readings of America's two prodigious wilderness poets Robinson Jeffers and Gary Snyder. He concludes with a searching look at the relationship of evolutionary thought to our postmodern effort to reconceptualize ourselves as civilized beings who remain, in some ways, natural animals.
Nez Perce National Forest N F Payette National Forest N F Gospel Hump Wilderness Land Management Plan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Nez Perce National Forest N F Payette National Forest N F Gospel Hump Wilderness Land Management Plan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with categories.
The Wilderness World Of John Muir
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Author : John Muir
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2001
The Wilderness World Of John Muir written by John Muir and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John Muir's extraordinary vision of America comes to life in these fascinating selections from his personal journals. As a conservationist, John Muir traveled through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun or a sleeping bag. In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt, he convinced the president of the importance of a national conservation program, and he is widely recognized for saving the Grand Canyon and Arizona's Petrified Forest. Muir's writing, based on journals he kept throughout his life, gives our generation a picture of an America still wild and unsettled only one hundred years ago. In The Wildernesss World of John Muir Edwin Way Teale has selected the best of Muir's writing from all of his major works--including My First Summer in the Sierra and Travels in Alaska--to provide a singular collection that provides to be "magnificent, thrilling, exciting, breathtaking, and awe-inspiring" (Kirkus Reviews).
Final Environmental Impact Statement For National Forests In Florida Land And Resource Management Plan
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Author : United States. Forest Service. Southern Region
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Final Environmental Impact Statement For National Forests In Florida Land And Resource Management Plan written by United States. Forest Service. Southern Region and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Environmental impact analysis categories.
Wilderness Management
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Author : John C. Hendee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Wilderness Management written by John C. Hendee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Nature conservation categories.
Comprehensive synthesis of information organized under six main areas: the setting, legal basis for wilderness, management concepts and direction, important elements for management, wilderness use and its management, and problems and opportunities, all as they relate to the North American, principally U.S., scene.
Out Of The Wilderness
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Author : Max Brand
language : en
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Release Date : 2014-12-15
Out Of The Wilderness written by Max Brand and has been published by Blackstone Audio Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-15 with Fiction categories.
Peter Dunstan is a big rancher who wants to become bigger, to control more land. So when he buys Dr. Henry Morgan's ranchland that has been unsuccessfully converted to farming, it is his intention to return it to open range. The only stipulation the doctor makes is that Dunstan must retain Sandy Sweyn, who has more or less been Dr. Morgan's ward. Though the man is of age, he is generally considered a half-wit, even by the doctor. Still, Sandy has a fabulous gift: he can communicate with animals. The most refractory and savage bronco will yield to his subtly persuasive methods even when expert horse breakers have failed. After Sandy gentles the totally recalcitrant gelding that Dunstan has been trying to break to the reins, he claims that his mare, Cleo, though used only for drudgery, could easily outrun the gelding in a race. Dunstan is so contemptuous of this boast that he bets $5,000 and ownership of the gelding if he loses the race. As it turns out, Cleo readily wins. Rather than indulging his anger, Dunstan decides to use Sandy's gifts to his advantage by getting him seemingly impossible tasks. The problem is that after each of these incredible tasks is accomplished, some personal misfortune befalls Dunstan. Finally Dunstan drives Sandy into the mountain wilderness, where his prowess eventually becomes legendary. But banishment is no solution for Dunstan when he comes to need Sandy more than ever, and his only way of getting him back is to resort to trickery.
Wilderness In National Parks
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Author : John C. Miles
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-07-01
Wilderness In National Parks written by John C. Miles and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with History categories.
Wilderness in National Parks casts light on the complicated relationship between the National Park Service and its policy goals of wilderness preservation and recreation. By examining the overlapping and sometimes contradictory responsibilities of the park service and the national wilderness preservation system, John C. Miles finds the National Park Service still struggling to deal with an idea that lies at the core of its mission and yet complicates that mission, nearly one hundred years into its existence. The National Park Service's ambivalence about wilderness is traced from its beginning to the turn of the twenty-first century. The Service is charged with managing more wilderness acreage than any government agency in the world and, in its early years, frequently favored development over preservation. The public has perceived national parks as permanently protected wilderness resources, but in reality this public confidence rests on shaky ground. Miles shows how changing conceptions of wilderness affected park management over the years, with a focus on the tension between the goals of providing recreational spaces for the American people and leaving lands pristine and undeveloped for future generations.
The North Cascades
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
The North Cascades written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with National parks and reserves categories.