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A leader of the controversial "wise-up" movement looks at environmental policies regarding Western rangelands from a laissez-faire point of view, arguing for less government control so that environmental plans can be left up to individuals and communities.
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- PublisherIsland Press
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 155963183X
- ISBN 13 9781559631839
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages312
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Visions upon the Land: Man and Nature on the Western Range
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Island Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
(1992)
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ISBN 13: 9781559631839
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. In Mylar cover. "Karl Hess, Jr., a leading thinker on western environmental issues, applies the concepts of laissez-faire politics to the management of western rangelands. He looks at how the history of the American West has been shaped by people's visions of the land as it should be, rather than as it is, and proposes a radical new system for the management of western public lands.". Seller Inventory # 005143
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. ".examines how 'landscape visions' - eforts by settlers to sculpt their environment to match their dreams - pervade the history of the American West, and the role these visions have played in the ongoing environmental destruction of western public lands." Argues that people and nature can and should live in productive harmony on the vast spaces of the western range. Foreword by John A. Baden, Preface, Acknowledgments, Notes, Index, Map. Published @ $22.00. Seller Inventory # 016899
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