num_pages: 426
description: THIRD EDITION. 1982 Yale University Press trade paperback, 14th printing. Professor Roderick Nash (Wilderness and the American Mind). The wilderness was the basic ingredient of American civilization. From the raw materials of the physical wilderness, Americans built a civilization; with the idea or symbol of wilderness, they sought to give that civilization identity and meaning. - Amazon
language: English
title: Wilderness and the American Mind
titlecomplete: Wilderness and the American Mind
genres: Nature, History, Environment, Science, Philosophy, American History, Wilderness, Natural History, Conservation, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1876
publisher: Yale University Press