The Great New Wilderness Debate

摘要: "The Great New Wilderness Debate" is an expansive, wide-ranging collection that addresses the pivotal environmental issues of modern era. This eclectic volume on varied constructions wilderness reveals recent controversies surround those conceptions, and gulf between who argue for "preservation" "wise use."J. Baird Callicott Michael P. Nelson have selected thirty-nine essays provide historical context, range broadly across issues, set forth positions debate. Beginning with such well-known authors as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, moves forward to contemporary debate presents seminal works by a number most distinguished scholars in history philosophy. also includes conservation biologists, cultural geographers, activists, writers environment."