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Author:

Judd, Richard William.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xi, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Nature conservation--United States--History--18th century.
Nature conservation--United States--History--19th century.
Human ecology--United States--History--18th century.
Human ecology--United States--History--19th century.
United States--Environmental conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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

ISBN:

052172984X (pbk.)
9780521729840 (pbk.)
052150998X (hardback)
9780521509985 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)289095967

LCCN:

2008053973

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)