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The Western paradox : a con...
Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955) was, according to the novelist Wallace Stegner, "a fighter for public causes, for conservation of our natural resources, for freedom of the press and freedom of thought." A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, DeVoto is best remembered for his trilogy, The Year of Decision: 1846, Across the Wide Missouri, and The Course of Empire. He also wrote a column for Harper's Magazine, in which he fulminated about his many concerns, particularly the exploitation and destruction of the American West. This volume brings together ten of DeVoto's acerbic and still timely essays on Western conservation issues, along with his unfinished conservationist manifesto, Western Paradox, which has never before been published. The book also includes a foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., who was a student of DeVoto's at Harvard University, and a substantial introduction by Douglas Brinkley and Patricia Limerick, both of which shed light on DeVoto's work and legacy
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monografia Rebiun28035971 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun28035971 m o d cr cnu---unuuu 070416s2000 ctu ob 001 0 eng d 00012507 154695164 228172133 228172134 482838780 488348222 567997912 648172419 756542720 815683420 888642391 923587724 961521090 962665534 975592348 988460326 991989427 994899085 1175629044 9780300133868 electronic bk.) 0300133863 electronic bk.) 9780300084221 0300084226 1281722731 9781281722737 9780300084238 0300084234 pbk.) 22573/ctt110gs1 JSTOR N$T eng pn N$T YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCG OCLCQ IDEBK OCLCQ JSTOR OCLCF OCLCA OCLCQ OCLCO NLGGC OCLCQ CCO E7B UV0 DKDLA EBLCP OCLCQ AZK CNNLC AGLDB COCUF OCLCA MOR PIFBR ZCU OTZ OCLCQ MERUC OCLCQ IOG EZ9 VTS ICG VT2 REC OCLCQ WYU LVT STF DKC OCLCQ M8D OCL UX1 n-usp-- BUS 072000 bisacsh NAT 011000 bisacsh BUS072000 bisacsh RNK bicssc DeVoto, Bernard Augustine 1897-1955) The Western paradox a conservation reader Bernard DeVoto ; edited by Douglas Brinkley and Patricia Nelson Limerick ; with a foreword by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr New Haven Yale University Press ©2000 New Haven New Haven Yale University Press 1 online resource (xxx, 552 pages) 1 online resource (xxx, 552 pages) Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Yale Western Americana series Includes bibliographical references (pages 484-527) and index ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Select Harperâ?sConservation Essays""; ""The West: A Plundered Province""; ""The Anxious West""; ""The West Against Itself""; ""Sacred Cows and Public Lands""; ""Statesmen on the Lam""; ""Two-Gun Desmond Is Back""; ""Billion Dollar Jackpot""; ""The Sturdy Corporate Homesteader""; ""Heading for the Last Roundup""; ""Conservation: Down and on the Way Out""; ""Western Paradox""; ""Chapter 1 To the Travelerâ?s Eye""; ""Chapter 2 Damnedest Country Under the Sun""; ""Chapter 3 Emptiness Can Affect the Unwary"" ""Chapter 4 Unregarded Inheritance from the Frontier""""Chapter 5 The Eighth City of Cibola""; ""Chapter 6 A Certain Mentality ""; ""Chapter 7 Nemesis""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Index"" Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955) was, according to the novelist Wallace Stegner, "a fighter for public causes, for conservation of our natural resources, for freedom of the press and freedom of thought." A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, DeVoto is best remembered for his trilogy, The Year of Decision: 1846, Across the Wide Missouri, and The Course of Empire. He also wrote a column for Harper's Magazine, in which he fulminated about his many concerns, particularly the exploitation and destruction of the American West. This volume brings together ten of DeVoto's acerbic and still timely essays on Western conservation issues, along with his unfinished conservationist manifesto, Western Paradox, which has never before been published. The book also includes a foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., who was a student of DeVoto's at Harvard University, and a substantial introduction by Douglas Brinkley and Patricia Limerick, both of which shed light on DeVoto's work and legacy Conservation of natural resources- West (U.S.) Public lands- West (U.S.) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS- Development- Sustainable Development NATURE- Environmental Conservation & Protection Conservation of natural resources Public lands Natuurbehoud Natuurlijke hulpbronnen West (U.S.) West United States Electronic books Brinkley, Douglas Limerick, Patricia Nelson 1951-) Print version De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955. Western paradox. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2000 0300084226 9780300084221 (DLC) 00012507 (OCoLC)45420211 Yale Western Americana series (Unnumbered)