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Author:

Lannoo, Michael J.

Title:

Leopold's shack and Ricketts's lab : the emergence of environmentalism / Michael J. Lannoo.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xix, 196 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Environmentalism--United States--History.
Natural history--United States--History.
Ecology--United States--History.
Leopold, Aldo,--1886-1948.
Ricketts, Edward Flanders,--1897-1948.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-187) and index.

Contents:

Out of the Midwest -- From forester to professor -- From businessman to sage -- Game management -- Between Pacific tides -- The shack -- The lab -- A Sand County almanac -- Sea of Cortez -- Daily lives and professional expectations -- From natural history to ecology -- Leopold's apporach -- Ricketts's approach -- Shared and complementary perspectives -- Transcendence -- Ethic and engagement -- Where their spirit lives on.

ISBN:

0520264789 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520264786 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2009044829

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)