Companion to A Sand County almanac : interpretive & critical essays / edited by J. Baird Callicott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Callicott, J. Baird.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature conservation--United States.

Nature conservation.

Leopold, Aldo, 1887-1948. Sand county almanac.

Leopold, Aldo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : Univ. Of Wisconsin Press, c1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

I. The Author

1. Aldo Leopold's Early Years

2. Aldo Leopold's Sand Country

3. Aldo Leopold's Intellectual Heritage

II. The Book

4. The Making of A Sand County Almanac

5. Anatomy of a Classic

6. The Conflicts of Ecological Conscience

III. The Upshot

7. The Land Aesthetic

8. Building "The Land Ethic"

9. The Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic

IV. The Impact

10. A Pilgrim's Progress from Group A to Group B

11. The Legacy of Aldo Leopold

12. Duties to Ecosystems

Appendix

An Introduction to the 1947 Foreword [to Great Possessions]

Foreword

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9786612731419

9781282731417

1282731416

9780299112332

0299112330

OCLC:

550538676