Environment and Americans; the problem of priorities /
edited by Rodericl Nash.
- New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972.
- 119 p., [1] leaf of plates.
- (American problem studies). .
Puritans and the transformation of the wilderness, by P. N. Carroll.--Progress and the environment, by A. Trachtenberg.--The raid on resources, by S. L. Udall.--The aesthetic emphasis, by H. Huth.--Back to nature, by P. J. Schmitt.--The utilitarian emphasis, by A. A. Ekirch, Jr.--The failures and successes of organized conservation, by G. McConnell.--Criteria for natural beauty, by D. Lowenthal.--Priorities in nature preservation, by R. G. Lillard.--The conservation schism, by R. Nash.--Indians as ecologists, by F. G. Speck.--Man versus nature? By C. J. Glacken--Revising history with ecology, by W. R. Jacobs.--Ecology and American ideals, by L. Marx.--The destruction of California, by R. Dasmann.--Aldo Leopold and the evolution of an ecological attitude, S. L. Flader.--Suggestions for further reading (p. 117-119)
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Human ecology--United States. Conservation of natural resources--United States.