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BL
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945994
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b700364
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Freyfogle, Eric T.
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| Title & Author
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Agrarianism and the good society : : land, culture, conflict, and hope /\ Eric T. Freyfogle.
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| Publication Statement
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Lexington :: University Press of Kentucky,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Culture of the land
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1 online resource (183 pages)
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| ISBN
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081313823X
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: 0813172500
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: 9780813138237
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: 9780813172507
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0813124395
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9780813124391
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Life in the enclaves -- A durable scale -- The education of Ada -- Framing our choices -- Goodbye to the public-private divide -- Back toward community -- Love and democracy -- Wanted: environmental leader -- The politics of homeland health.
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| Abstract
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Every society expresses its fundamental values and hopes in the ways it shapes and inhabits its landscapes. In this literate and wide-ranging exploration, Eric T. Freyfogle raises difficult questions about American culture while illuminating the intellectual origins of urban sprawl, dwindling wildlife habitats, over-engineered rivers, and degraded forests and grasslands. These land-use crises, he contends, arise mostly because of cultural attitudes that once made sense on the American frontier but now threaten our natural resources. To support and sustain healthy communities, profound adjustme.
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Environmental degradation-- United States.
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Environmental ethics-- United States.
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Human ecology-- United States.
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Land use-- Environmental aspects-- United States.
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National characteristics, American.
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Social values-- United States.
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Environmental degradation.
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Environmental ethics.
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Gesellschaft
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Human ecology.
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Land use-- Environmental aspects.
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Landnutzung
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National characteristics, American.
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NATURE-- Environmental Conservation Protection.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Social values.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3/490973
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| LC Classification
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HD205.F735 2007eb
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