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Title: American Environmentalism: Readings In Conservation History by Roderick Frazier Nash ISBN: 0-07-046059-0 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Langua Pub. Date: 01 August, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.75 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A worthy addition to the tree-hugger's bookshelf
Comment: What a joy to see that this book is back in print! When our nature book discussion group chose it as a monthly selection several years ago, we had to scramble to find copies. I was one of the lucky ones who got one, read it all, and underlined a whole slew of passages for later reference.
Here are some of my favorite quotes:
"Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords." (George Perkins Marsh, 1864)
"Environment is to the would-be cultured man what air is to the animal -- it is the breath of life." (Benton MacKaye, 1928)
"When you have reached the edge of an abyss ... the only progressive move you can make is to step backward." (David R. Brower, 1977)
Then the compiler adds his answer to the question "Why do we love wilderness?" by giving seven reasons: scientific value, spiritual values, aesthetic value, heritage value, psychological value, cultural value, and intrinsic value. His explanations make this selection the one I most often pass on to other people. (Roderick Frazier Nash, 1988)
My advice is to buy this book as a present for your favorite environmentalist friend. Sure, you could go instead with _The Quotable Nature Lover_, a Nature Conservancy book edited by John A. Murray. But _American Environmentalism_ puts those kinds of quotes back into context; the editor not only provides full text but also explains what was going on at the time of its writing. Selections are arranged chronologically and are short enough to hold anyone's interest. And we're not talking just Thoreau, Muir, Carson and Leopold here, as the excerpts above show. There are names you might not recognize at first glance. Amateur environmentalists can use this compilation as a starting point for further reading, as full citations are always provided. Though it's not entirely current (1989) this book is still useful.
Give it to a graduating senior, or to anyone else who has the potential to save the planet. They'll be inspired.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good reader
Comment: This isn't the type of book someone could pick up and get a good view of the American Environmental movement. It does well in teaching about past movements but ignores modern movements like Environmental Justice and the controversy surrounding Market Based Incentives. It is a good book for teaching if coupled with extra material as it is very readable and interesting.
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Title: A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold ISBN: 0345345053 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics by Roderick Frazier Nash ISBN: 0299118444 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Wilderness and the American Mind, Fourth Edition by Roderick Frazier Nash, Roderick Nash ISBN: 0300091222 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Encounters With the Archdruid by John A. McPhee ISBN: 0374514313 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 01 August, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Major Problems in American Environmental History Documents and Essays by Carolyn Merchant ISBN: 0669249939 Publisher: D.C. Heath Pub. Date: 01 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $41.96 |
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