Nature shock : getting lost in America / Jon T. Coleman.
Nature shock : getting lost in America / Jon T. Coleman.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Call Numbers
G 2021/1280
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Want to Get Lost? -- Brutal symmetry -- Helpful woods and violent waters -- Children of the revolution -- Homing -- Dead-certain mental compass -- Keep your head -- Male pattern trail loss -- Epilogue: Disconnect.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"An award-winning environmental historian explores American history through wrenching, tragic, and sometimes humorous stories of getting lost. The human species has a propensity for getting lost. The American people, inhabiting a mental landscape shaped by their attempts to plant roots and to break free, are no exception. In this engaging book, env...
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Nature shock : getting lost in America / Jon T. Coleman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-329) and index.
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©2020
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G 2021/1280
Record Identifier
74VKaVbleXxb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVbleXxb
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ISBN
0300227140
9780300227147
DDC
327.73
MMS ID
991024416611502626
