Driven wild how the fight against automobiles launched the modern wilderness movement
In this book, the author traces the intellectual and cultural roots of the modern wilderness movement from about 1910 through the 1930s, with tightly drawn portraits of four Wilderness Society founders- Aldo Leopold, Robert Sterling Yard, Benton MacKaye, and Bob Marshall.--Back Cover.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press
2005.
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| Edición: | 1st pbk. ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Weyerhaeuser environmental books. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b34683148*spi |
| Sumario: | In this book, the author traces the intellectual and cultural roots of the modern wilderness movement from about 1910 through the 1930s, with tightly drawn portraits of four Wilderness Society founders- Aldo Leopold, Robert Sterling Yard, Benton MacKaye, and Bob Marshall.--Back Cover. "By the 1930s, a new national organization- the Wilderness Society- had been created with the explicit mission of protecting wild places on the public lands and securing legislation that would guarantee that they remain forever wild. Although less well known by the public than it deserves to be, the Wilderness Society played an essential role in drafting and lobbying for the legislation that created the national wilderness system as we know it today. The 1964 Wilderness Act that eventually resulted from this effort remains among the most important environmental laws ever passed in the United States."--Foreword. |
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| Descripción Física: | xvi, 343 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 308-331) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780295989907 9780295982199 |
