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1 online resource (183 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Culture of the land
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Culture of the land.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Life in the enclaves -- A durable scale -- The education of Ada -- Framing our choices -- Goodbye to the public-private divide -- Back toward community -- Love and democracy -- Wanted: environmental leader -- The politics of homeland health. |
| Summary |
Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. In this literate and wide-ranging exploration, Eric T. Freyfogle raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands. These land-use crises, he contends, arise mostly because of cultural attitudes that once made sense on the American frontier but now threaten our natural resources. To support and sustain healthy communities, profound adjustme. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Land use -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
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Land use -- Environmental aspects. |
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United States. |
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Environmental degradation -- United States.
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Environmental degradation. |
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Environmental ethics -- United States.
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Environmental ethics. |
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Human ecology -- United States.
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Human ecology. |
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Social values -- United States.
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Social values. |
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National characteristics, American.
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National characteristics, American. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Freyfogle, Eric T. Agrarianism and the good society. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007 9780813124391 0813124395 (DLC) 2006036947 (OCoLC)76141569 |
| ISBN |
9780813172507 (electronic book) |
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0813172500 (electronic book) |
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9780813138237 (electronic book) |
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081313823X (electronic book) |
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9780813124391 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0813124395 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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