The untilled garden : natural history and the spirit of conservation in America, 1740-1840 /
This study traces the origins of conservation thinking in America to the naturalists who explored the middle-western frontier between 1740 and 1840. Their inquiries yielded a comprehensive natural history of America and inspired much of the conservation and ecological thinking we associate with late...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Studies in environment and history.
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