Aldo Leopold''s Odyssey - Rediscovering the Author of a Sand County Almanac

Informationen zum Autor Julianne Lutz Newton is visiting assistant professor of Environmental Studies at Washington and Lee University in Lexington! Virginia! and president of the John Burroughs Institute in Roxbury! New York. Her articles have appeared in Conservation Biology! The Illinois Steward! Journal of Civil Society! and American Midland Naturalist. Klappentext A household icon of the environmental movement! Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) may be the most quoted conservationist in history. "A Sand County Almanac" has sold millions of copies and his lyrical writings are venerated for their perceptions about land and how people might live in concert with the whole community of life. Using a fresh study of Leopold's unpublished archival materials! Julianne Lutz Newton retraces the intellectual journey that generated such passion and intelligence. Zusammenfassung Illuminates the conservationist's quest for answers to a fundamental question: how can people live prosperously on the land and keep it healthy! too?

Product details

• Authors: Julianne Lutz Newton, Warren, Julianne Lutz Warren, Warren Julianne Lutz
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2008
• EAN: 9781597264426
• ISBN: 978-1-59726-442-6
• No. of pages: 504
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; NATURE / General, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Environmentalists & Naturalists, natural history, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Nature and the natural world: general interest