Nature and the American - Softcover

Huth, Hans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803257619 ISBN 13: 9780803257610

Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 1972

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'A fascinating and charming presentation of our earliest American expressions of appreciation for the natural scene, wild and unmodified by man....an account of the development of this appreciation and its practical application in programs to protect such areas from exploitation and development.'--nature. 'A valuable reference work for the (reader) seeking to balance a history of wars, politics, and heroic explorations with a history of ideas and a growing environmental awareness and conscience. It is an important book.'--Journal of Environmental Education.

About the Author:

Douglas H. Strong is a professor of history at San Diego State University and the author of Dreamers and Defenders: American Conservationists (1988), also published by the University of Nebraska Press.

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