Ecological Restoration and the U.S. Nature and Environmental Writing Tradition: A Rewilding of American Letters

Author:   Laura Smith
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
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9783030861506


Pages:   348
Publication Date:   13 January 2023
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Author:   Laura Smith
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.491kg
ISBN:  

9783030861506


ISBN 10:   3030861503
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   13 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1: A Storying—Restorying—Restoring of the Land: Rethinking Ecological Restoration through Literature.- Chapter 2: ‘With Walden in Its Midst:’ Henry David Thoreau, Walden Pond, and the Walden Woods Project.- Chapter 3: ‘No Holier Temple:’ John Muir, the Hetch Hetchy Valley, and Restore Hetch Hetchy.- Chapter 4: ‘On This Sand Farm in Wisconsin:’ Aldo Leopold, the Leopold Shack, and the Aldo Leopold Foundation.- Chapter 5: ‘The Superb Monotony of Saw Grass Under the World of Air:’ Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the Everglades, and Friends of the Everglades.- Chapter 6: ‘The Canyonlands Did Have a Heart, a Living Heart:’ Edward Abbey, Glen Canyon, and the Glen Canyon Institute.- Reflections on Literature, Ecological Restoration, and Activism.- Index.

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Laura Smith is a lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Exeter, U.K. She works across cultural geography and the environmental humanities, with research interests in ecological restoration and rewilding, the history and conservation of U.S. public lands, American literature, and environmental protest and activism.

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