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The maximum of wilderness : the jungle in the American imagination
- Title
- The maximum of wilderness : the jungle in the American imagination / Kelly Enright.
- Author
- Enright, Kelly.
- Publication
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- x, 187 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Natural history literature > United States > History > 20th century
- American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Jungles in literature
- Wilderness areas in literature
- Tropics > In literature
- Tropics > Historiography
- Tropics > In popular culture
- Tropics > Foreign public opinion, American
- United States > Civilization > 20th century
- United States > Intellectual life > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Locating a New Wilderness : Nature and Conservation at the Start of the Twentieth Century -- Tame Adventures and Wild Homes : Encountering the Jungle with Martin and Osa Johnson -- Discovering Jungle Peace : The Prolonged Observations of William Beebe -- Ingesting the Jungle : The Botanical Experiences of David Fairchild and Richard Evans Schultes.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-2103
- ISBN
- 9780813932286 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0813932289 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780813932439 (e-book)
- 0813932432 (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2011026499
- OCLC
- YBP 2011026499
- Author
- Enright, Kelly.
- Title
- The maximum of wilderness : the jungle in the American imagination / Kelly Enright.
- Imprint
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-2103