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Title: A Word for Nature: Four Pioneering Environmental Advocates, 1845-1913 by Robert L. Dorman ISBN: 0807846996 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Summary: Four environmentalists, before the term was invented
Comment: Dorman explores the origins of American conservation and environmentalism by studying four key men of the nineteenth century -- George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), John Muir (1838-1914), and John Wesley Powell (1834-1902). Thoreau and Muir appear often in works of this kind, and Powell is occasionally added and is best known for his trip down the Colorado River and into the Grand Canyon. But what of Marsh? This Vermont lawyer, legislator, and industrialist published the book _Man and Nature_ in 1864. His travels to Europe and the Middle East were part of his enlightenment into the relationship between humans and Nature. He was one of the first individuals to admit that "all nature is linked together by invisible bonds" and to see man as a "destructive power" in the scenario. He recommended restoration efforts for the rampant deforestation in the northeastern America of the mid-1800s and suggested governmental control of such an endeavor, in spite of that institution's many failings. For the biography of Marsh alone, Dorman's book is worthwhile reading. But even if you think you already know the basics about the other three personalities, you'll learn something new here. Dorman doesn't just rehash old information; he provides a fresh interpretation of their contributions, illustrating the societal influences that formed their belief systems, and connecting each man to at least one of the other three at least once. A good addition to the 21st-century environmentalist's bookshelf.
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Title: Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America by Edward J. Balleisen ISBN: 0807849162 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: 26 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: American Alchemy: The California Gold Rush and Middle-Class Culture (Cultural Studies of the United States) by Brian Roberts ISBN: 0807848565 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon ISBN: 0393308731 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California (Histories of the American Frontier) by Albert L. Hurtado ISBN: 0826319548 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure by Nan Enstad ISBN: 0231111037 Publisher: Columbia University Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.50 |
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