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First published 1963

Man and Nature in America

Man and Nature in America by Arthur A. Ekirch Jr. is available as a free PDF download at freecapitalists.org.

Author
Arthur A. Ekirch Jr.
First published
1963
Format
PDF
Pages
242
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York and London
License
Still in copyright: this work was published in the 1932-1963 window when US copyright had to be renewed after 28 years, and a renewal for it was found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
Arthur Ekirch Man and Nature in America

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242 pages and 16 chapters in the edition this archive serves.
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16 chapters ยท page numbers are this file's

  1. Man and Nature in Americap. 1
  2. Prefacep. 6
  3. I. Introductionp. 12
  4. II. The Agrarian Dreamp. 21
  5. III. The Romantic Viewp. 33
  6. IV. Technology and Progressp. 46
  7. V. Transcendental Harmony: Emersonp. 58
  8. VI. Transcendental Harmony: Thoreaup. 69
  9. VII. George Perkins Marsh: Pioneerp. 81
  10. VIII. Conservationist Ideologyp. 92
  11. IX. A Planned Societyp. 111
  12. X. Resources and Energyp. 127
  13. XI. Population Problemsp. 147
  14. XII. The Individual and the Machinep. 164
  15. XIII. Civilization and Warp. 185
  16. XIV. Conclusionp. 199