The American Wilderness: Reflections on Nature Protection in the United States

by Thomas R. Vale

Book Overview

Interpretations of wild nature and wilderness are particularly diverse in the American mind, given our history, our collective economic success, and our diverse social and cultural mix. Although the meanings we attribute to nature reflect our different views of the role humans should play in the natural world, there remains a divide between how we embrace protected landscapes and how we consider natural landscapes, or nature itself. Thomas Vale...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813923360
• ISBN13: 9780813923369
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"