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The Nature Study Movement: The Forgotten Popularizer of America's Conservation Ethic
Kevin C. Armitage
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Hardcover. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, thousands of Americans turned to an unexpected pastime that had been theirs to take up all along: the study of nature. This title presents the comprehensive history of the nature study movement, demonstrating its significance to American environmental thought and politics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
Beginning in the late nineteenth century, thousands of Americans turned to an unexpected pastime that had been theirs to take up all along: the study of nature. Armed with cameras and collecting jars, everyday citizens wandered the country's forests, prairies, and mountains to gain an appreciation of local flora and fauna and to escape the increasingly industrialized world as well. Kevin Armitage presents the first comprehensive history of the nature study movement, demonstrating its significance to American environmental thought and politics. He shows how nature study, as both a pedagogic and popular idea, has had a lasting effect on American ... Read more
Beginning in the late nineteenth century, thousands of Americans turned to an unexpected pastime that had been theirs to take up all along: the study of nature. Armed with cameras and collecting jars, everyday citizens wandered the country's forests, prairies, and mountains to gain an appreciation of local flora and fauna and to escape the increasingly industrialized world as well. Kevin Armitage presents the first comprehensive history of the nature study movement, demonstrating its significance to American environmental thought and politics. He shows how nature study, as both a pedagogic and popular idea, has had a lasting effect on American ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616732
SKU
V9780700616732
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About Kevin C. Armitage
Kevin C. Armitage is assistant professor of history at Miami University of Ohio.
Reviews for The Nature Study Movement: The Forgotten Popularizer of America's Conservation Ethic
A compelling, well-executed, and significant contribution that should appeal to scholars and teachers in environmental history and those broadly interested in the history of environmental thought and culture. Andrew G. Kirk, author of Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism As the only book-length treatment of the nature study movement, Armitage's well-written and informative book breaks ... Read more