Conservation Reconsidered - Nature, Virtue, and American Liberal Democracy

The prominent contributors in Conservation Reconsidered establish a fundamentally original view of the conservation movement and the impact of public policy on nature. This collection of essays articulate the belief that the thinkers and actors who

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preface Part 2 Conservationalists Chapter 3 Saving the Wilderness for Sacramental Use: John Muir Chapter 4 "With Utter Disregard of Pain and Woe:" Theodore Roosevelt on Conservation and Nature Chapter 5 Gifford Pinchot, Founder: A New Look at Breaking New Ground Chapter 6 Aldo Leopold's Human Ecology Part 7 Precursors Chapter 8 Charles Darwin and John Muir Chapter 9 The Mystery of Nature and Culture: Ralph Waldo Emerson Chapter 10 Henry David Thoreau Chapter 11 Frederick Law Olmstead: Civic Environmentalist Chapter 12 Afterword

About the author

Charles T. Rubin is associate professor of political science at Duquesne University.

Summary

This collection of essays articlate the belief that the thinkers and actors who helped develop the conservation movement have been seriously misunderstood by scholars who have analyzed them in the context of contemporary environmental debates.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Rubin, Charles T Rubin, Charles T. Rubin
• Assisted by: Charles T. Rubin (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2000
• EAN: 9780847697175
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9717-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Series: Political Economy Forum (Paper; The Political Economy Forum; The Political Economy Forum
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law