Science and the social good: nature, culture, and community, 1865-1965

Science and the social good: nature, culture, and community, 1865-1965

Herron, John P

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INDICE: Introduction; Clarence King and the Mapping of the Western Landscape;1: Paths of Science: The Maturation of a Public Ideal; 2: Vertical History: Using Mountains to Measure Men; Robert Marshall and the Redefinition of Progress; 3: True Places: Searching for Wild Nature in an Urban Age; 4: The Forest and The Trees: Natural Science and Social Justice; Rachel Carson and the Social Enterprise of American Biology; 5 The Biological Century: The Cultural Importance of Ecological Progress: ; 6: Poetic Revolutions: The Search for Natural Harmony; Epilogue

  • ISBN: 978-0-19-538354-6
  • Editorial: Oxford University
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Páginas: 288
  • Fecha Publicación: 04/02/2010
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés