Man and Nature in America / Arthur A. Ekirch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ekirch, Arthur A., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1963]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Provides historical perspective on the importance of our concern over man's relationship to his environment.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

I. Introduction

II. The Agrarian Dream

III. The Romantic View

IV. Technology and Progress

V. Transcendental Harmony: Emerson

VI. Transcendental Harmony: Thoreau

VII. George Perkins Marsh: Pioneer

VIII. Conservationist Ideology

IX. A Planned Society

X. Resources and Energy

XI. Population Problems

XII. The Individual and the Machine

XIII. Civilization and War

XIV. Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)

ISBN:

0-231-88600-4

OCLC:

300701046