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Author:

Stoll, Mark, 1954- author.

Title:

Inherit the holy mountain : religion and the rise of American environmentalism / Mark R. Stoll.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xiii, 406 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm

Subject:

Nature--Christianity.--Christianity.
Environmental protection--Christianity.--Christianity.
Environmentalism--United States--History.--History.
Environmental protection--United States--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Calvinism and nature : American foundations -- Origins of conservation in the Puritan landscape -- Building the moral society : farms, forests, and parks -- Nature, parks, and emersonian modernism -- Progressive Presbyterian conservation -- Presbyterians and the environmental movement -- Nature and New England's outsiders -- A new era.

ISBN:

019023086X
9780190230869

OCLC:

(OCoLC)892895236

LCCN:

2014037389

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

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

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)