
A Fierce Green Fire
The Life and Legacy of Aldo Leopold
Marybeth Lorbiecki(Autor*in)
Oxford University Press Inc
2. Auflage
Erschienen am 21. April 2016
Buch
Softcover
400 Seiten
978-0-19-996503-8 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Aldo Leopold: A Fierce Green Fire (OUP; 1999) remains the only biography for the general public on Leopold. It was praised for being concise and readable, and written in the context of the history of American conservation. In a second edition, Marybeth Lorbiecki has added new chapters on Leopold's legacy--the ripple effects of the ecological knowledge, ethics, and leadership he instilled in his wife's family in the Southwest, his children, graduate students, organizations--and on his relevance today.
In a new introduction, Lorbiecki explains why Leopold is still so relevant, focusing on the new ecological challenges we face and the myriad of ways his work influences us today, including phenological studies he started at the Shack and their role in proving climate change, and responses to these challenges based on a land ethic. New chapters focus on the Leopold children and their contributions to the land ethic and ecology in their different scientific fields, Leopold's key graduate students and their contributions to various fields, and the recent activities of various organizations that Leopold helped launch.
In a new introduction, Lorbiecki explains why Leopold is still so relevant, focusing on the new ecological challenges we face and the myriad of ways his work influences us today, including phenological studies he started at the Shack and their role in proving climate change, and responses to these challenges based on a land ethic. New chapters focus on the Leopold children and their contributions to the land ethic and ecology in their different scientific fields, Leopold's key graduate students and their contributions to various fields, and the recent activities of various organizations that Leopold helped launch.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Lorbiecki has provided interesting interpretations in A Fierce Green Fire! I'm not sure how she managed it, but her insights on my father's life, our family, and his legacy are very important and useful! * Estella Leopold * An excellent volume ... I urge anyone interested in conservation to read A Fierce Green Fire as an introduction to one of the past century's most influential thinkers. * John Piccolo, The Quarterly Review of Biology * The book is well written and readable... Recommended. * M. LaBar, CHOICE *Weitere Details
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2nd Revised edition
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
USA
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Überarbeitete Ausgabe
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137
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 21 mm
Gewicht
605 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-996503-8 (9780199965038)
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Author Lorbiecki, an adjunct professor of writing at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, has remained a respected expert in the field as demonstrated by her ongoing speaking and writing engagements on Leopold and conservation ethics. Besides Lorbiecki's compelling nonfiction works for adults, she has over 25 award-winning children's books. Most explore the relationships between people and the land.
Autor*in
Adjunct professor of writingAdjunct professor of writing, University of Wisconsin--River Falls
Inhalt
CONTENTS ; Author's Note ; Introduction: A Daughter's Reflection by Nina Leopold Bradley, and Reflections Upon the Reflections ; Part I: Aldo Leopold's Life and Writings ; Lug-ins-land: 1887-1901 ; Ornithologists and Explorations: 1901-03 ; The Naturalist Out East: 1903-05 ; Women and Wise Use: 1905-09 ; A Cowboy in Love: 1909-12 ; New Life and Near Death: 1912-14 ; Save that Game: 1915-19 ; A Wild Proposal: 1919-24 ; Surveying the Field: 1924-33 ; The Land Laboratories: 1933-36 ; The Professor: 1937-39 ; Paths of Violence: 1939-45 ; Great Possessions: 1945-1948 ; Adios and Happy Trails, 1948 ; Part II: Updates from Here and There ; All in the Family ; Aldo's Students and Colleagues ; The Shack Land and The Aldo Leopold Foundation ; The Wilderness Idea ; The Farmer As Conservationist EL and Restorationist ; The Endangered Species and Youth - Keeping All the Cogs and Wheels ; The Round River - Conservation Economics ; Part III: The Upshot ; The Land Ethic ; Love and the Restoration of Ourselves ; Endnotes ; Books by Aldo Leopold ; Selected Sources ; Acknowledgments and Photo Credits ; Index