Leopold's shack and Ricketts's lab : the emergence of environmentalism / Michael J. Lannoo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lannoo, Michael J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--United States--History.

Environmentalism.

Natural history--United States--History.

Natural history.

Ecology--United States--History.

Ecology.

Leopold, Aldo, 1887-1948.

Leopold, Aldo.

Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948.

Ricketts, Edward Flanders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aldo Leopold and Ed Ricketts are giants in the history of environmental awareness. They were born ten years and only about 200 miles apart and died within weeks of each other in 1948. Yet they never met and they didn't read each other's work. This illuminating book reveals the full extent of their profound and parallel influence both on science and our perception of natural world today. In a lively comparison, Michael J. Lannoo shows how deeply these two ecological luminaries influenced the emergence both of environmentalism and conservation biology. In particular, he looks closely at how they each derived their ideas about the possible future of humanity based on their understanding of natural communities. Leopold and Ricketts both believed that humans cannot place themselves above earth's ecosystems and continue to survive. In light of climate change, invasive species, and collapsing ecosystems, their most important shared idea emerges as a powerful key to the future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Out of the Midwest

Chapter 2. From Forester to Professor

Chapter 3. From Businessman to Sage

Chapter 4. Game Management

Chapter 5. Between Pacific Tides

Chapter 6. The Shack

Chapter 7. The Lab

Chapter 8. A Sand County Almanac

Chapter 9. Sea of Cortez

Chapter 10. Daily Lives and Professional Expectations

Chapter 11. From Natural History to Ecology

Chapter 12. Leopold's Approach

Chapter 13. Ricketts's Approach

Chapter 14. Shared and Complementary Perspectives

Chapter 15. Transcendence

Chapter 16. Ethic and Engagement

Chapter 17. Where Their Spirit Lives On

The shack and the lab

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612763960

9781282763968

1282763962

9780520946064

0520946065

OCLC:

646788647