American environmentalism
Subtitle: the formative period, 1860-1915.
By: Edited by Donald Worster.
Series: Wiley sourcebooks in American social thought
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Human ecology -- United States.; Conservation of natural resources -- United States.; City planning -- United States.
Table of contents: title: Man and nature in an age of science: Marsh, G. P. The pastoral vision refuted. Burroughs, J. The ambiguous impact of science.; title: The conservation movement: Ward, L. Waste and inefficiency in the economy of nature. Powell, J. W. The engineered landscape. Powell, J. W. The foundations of industrial empire in the West. Fernow, B. E. Natural resources in the welfare state. Pinchot, G. Conservation and the progressive ideology. Patten, S. The end of Malthusian scarcity.; title: Garden city and suburb: Olmsted, F. L. The urban planner as a civilizing force. Dalton, E. Combating disease and pollution in the city. Leas, C. A. An early experiment in waste recycling. Garden and Forest. Nature, art, and urbanity. Eliot, C. W. The reformation of the city dweller and his habitat.; title: The biocentric revolution: Muir, J. Nature versus culture. Muir, J. The revolt against utilitarianism. Evans, E. Darwinism and moral philosophy. Shaler, N. The emergence of an ecological consciousness. Bailey, L. H. Natural kinship and the land ethic.; title: Suggestions for further reading (p. 233-234)