Fight to save the redwoods, the: a history of environmental reform, 1917-1978
Auteur :
Schrepfer, Susan R.
Éditeur :
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN :
9780299088545
Date de publication :
30 juin 1983
Dimensions :
22,5 x 16,3 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
333 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
An academic profile of redwood conservation in the mid-20th century. The author traces the changes in scientific wisdom from 19th-century romanticism and teleological evolutionism to more current ecological dynamism - and the influence of those intellectual developments on political history.