Passions for nature: nineteenth-century america's aesthetics of alienation
Auteur :
Johnson, Rochelle L.
Éditeur :
University of Georgia Press
ISBN :
9780820332901
Date de publication :
15 avr. 2009
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
481 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
By uncovering the roots of a cultural alienation from nature, Passions for Nature explains how the United States came to be a nation that simultaneously reveres the natural world and yet remains dangerously distant from it.