Nature and the American: Three Centuries of Changing AttitudesU of Nebraska Press, 01.01.1990 - 250 Seiten Hans Huth was for many years Curator of Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago and a consultant for the U.S. National Park Service. For this new Bison Book edition, Douglas H. Strong has written an introduction discussing recent developments in the environmental movement and the contribution of Nature and the American to the burgeoning crusade for nature. |
Inhalt
Introduction | xv |
Selected Bibliography | xli |
Scientists Philosophers and Travelers | 14 |
The Romantic Period | 30 |
The Poetry of Traveling | 71 |
New Eyes | 87 |
Summer Migration | 105 |
Western Reports | 129 |
Yosemite Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon | 148 |
City Parks and Timberlands | 165 |
11 | 178 |
Conservation | 192 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adirondacks aesthetic Albert Bierstadt Aldo Leopold American scene areas artist Bartram beauty became become Bierstadt Boston Bryant Burroughs California Camp Catskills century Charles Cole's Congress conservation discussed Dwight early Emerson England enjoy environmental essay established federal felt forests Frederick Law Olmsted friends garden George Gifford Pinchot Harper's Henry Hudson Huth idea interest James John John Bartram kind Lake land later living Magazine McFarland Mount Muir Museum N. P. Willis National Park Service natural resources Niagara Falls Oil painting outdoor painter Philadelphia Photograph picturesque Pinchot Plate poems popular problems protection published railroad recreation River Rocky romantic Roosevelt scenery scenic sketches Society summer Thomas Cole Thoreau tion tourists trees trip visited visitors Washington West western White Mountains wild wilderness wildlife William William Bartram William Cullen Bryant Woodcut World writing Yellowstone York Yosemite Valley