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The untilled garden : natural history and the spirit of conservation in America, 1740-1840 / Richard W. Judd.

Judd, Richard William.
2009
333.720973 J92u 2009
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Title
The untilled garden : natural history and the spirit of conservation in America, 1740-1840 / Richard W. Judd.
Author
Judd, Richard William.
ISBN
9780521509985 (hardback)
052150998X (hardback)
9780521729840 (pbk.)
052172984X (pbk.)
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xi, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
333.720973 J92u 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)289095967
(OCoLC)289095967
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Imagination and nature, 1808
"A country unknown" : utility and romance in the colonial idea of nature
Rambles in Eden
"A despairing curiosity" : creating America's scientific academy
Power and purpose in the geological record : the scientific beginnings of American romanticism
Integrated landscapes : mountains, rivers, and forests in the balance of nature
"A distant intercourse" : animal character and conservation
From forest to fruitful field : settlement and improvement in the Western wilderness
The naturalist's mirror : popular science and the roots of romanticism
Challenging the idea of improvement.
Series
Studies in environment and history.
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