The nature study movement
Subtitle: the forgotten popularizer of America's conservation ethic
By: Kevin C. Armitage.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780700616732
Subjects: Nature study -- United States; Nature conservation -- United States; Environmentalism -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : nature, science, and sympathy in the progressive era; title: "Nature study is an American habit"; title: "A living sympathy with everything that is"; title: "The child is born a naturalist"; title: Bird day for kids; title: Sticking a finger into nature's pie; title: The art of life; title: The science and poetry of the soil; title: Conclusion : the decline and rebirth of nature study.