Driven Wild by Paul S Sutter
Demonstrates that the movement to protect wilderness areas reflected a belief that the modern forces of capitalism were eroding the ecology of North America, and American values-
The Natural History of Puget Sound Country
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Native Seattle
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Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country
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Wetlands in a Dry Land
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Charged
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The Toxic Ship
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The Republic of Nature
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Iceland Imagined
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Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares
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The Global Grey Parrot
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Landscapes of Conflict
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Communist Pigs
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Shaping the Shoreline
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Where Land and Water Meet
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Defending Giants
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Contaminated Country
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Animating Central Park
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Quagmire
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Car Country
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Plowed Under
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Making Mountains
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On the Road Again
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Pumpkin
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George Perkins Marsh
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Capturing Glaciers
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Public Power, Private Dams
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The Organic Profit
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Seeds of Control
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The Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy
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Wilderburbs
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Smell Detectives
"Sutter ably demonstrates that all four founders of the Wilderness Society feared that roads and cars were destroying the last remnants of American wilderness, abetted by government's willingness to encourage modernization and tourismNicely written; extensively referenced."
* Choice *"Driven Wild is a fresh look at the origins of the wilderness movement that deserves a place on the shelf of both geographers and historians..An excellent addition to conservation literature."
* Historical Geography *"Driven Wild is an outstanding scholarly achievement and is one of the best books ever written about environmental politics..[It] deserves to be read by a wide audience; there is no doubt that its conclusions are important and will frame further discussions about this aspect of American environmental history and policy."
* Electronic Green Journal *"A superb study..Sutter's historical reexamination of the origins of wilderness policy is the most sophisticated and thorough entry in the historiography of wilderness that I have yet seen. As such, it is a must read for environmental historians."
* H-Net Book Review *"Driven Wild is essential reading for all those interested in the history of conservation and the cultural development of the wilderness ideal. It ably illustrates how far the automobile shapes not just our cities and our civilization, but also our visions of nature."
* The Journal of Arizona History *Paul S. Sutter is associate professor of history at the University of Georgia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780295982205 |
| ISBN 10 | 0295982209 |
| Title | Driven Wild |
| Author | Paul S Sutter |
| Series | Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Washington Press |
| Year published | 2005-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 383 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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