Wilderness and the American Mind - 5th Edition by Roderick Frazier Nash (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A study of America's changing attitude toward wilderness, discussing efforts to protect the Alaskan wilderness, trends in wilderness management, and the international perspective.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The classic study of changing attitudes toward wilderness during American history and the origins of the environmental and conservation movements </b> <p/><b>"The Book of Genesis for conservationists"--Dave Foreman</b> <p/> Since its initial publication in 1967, Roderick Nash's <i>Wilderness and the American Mind</i> has received wide acclaim. The <i>Los Angeles Times</i> listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, <i>Outside Magazine </i>included it in a survey of "books that changed our world," and it has been called the "Book of Genesis for environmentalists." <p/> For the fifth edition, Nash has written a new preface and epilogue that brings <i>Wilderness and the American Mind</i> into dialogue with contemporary debates about wilderness. Char Miller's foreword provides a twenty-first-century perspective on how the environmental movement has changed, including the ways in which contemporary scholars are reimagining the dynamic relationship between the natural world and the built environment.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>One of those rare works that combines exemplary scholarship and readability.--<i>Washington Post Book World</i> (on an earlier edition) <p/><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Roderick Frazier Nash</b> is professor emeritus of history and environmental studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is regarded as one of the founders of environmental history in the United States. <b>Char Miller</b> is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College.
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