The Landscape of Reform: Civic Pragmatism and Environmental Thought in America

by Ben A. Minteer

Book Overview

A study of the pragmatic roots of American environmentalism--as seen in the work of Liberty Hyde Bailey, Lewis Mumford, Benton MacKaye, and Aldo Leopold--and how it can inform a new, civic-minded environmentalism today.

InThe Landscape of Reform Ben Minteer offers a fresh and provocative reading of the intellectual foundations of American environmentalism, focusing on the work and legacy of four important conservation and planning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512556
• ISBN13: 9780262512558
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Clear and concise. Well-researched.

The arguments put forth by Dr. Minteer show a base of solid research and thought, advancing the ongoing national debate regarding not only who we ARE in our role as an environmental steward, but who we WERE - a necessary device for self-discovery, if we, as a nation, hope to move forward from debate into pragmatic, applied modifications to our domestic environmental policy.