Leopold's shack and Ricketts's lab the emergence of environmentalism /

Lannoo, Michael J.

Leopold's shack and Ricketts's lab the emergence of environmentalism / Michael J. Lannoo. - Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2010. - 1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Ch. 1. Out of the Midwest -- Ch. 2. From forester to professor -- Ch. 3. From businessman to sage -- Ch. 4. Game management -- Ch. 5. Between Pacific tides -- Intercalary I -- Intercalary II -- Intercalary III -- Intercalary IV -- The shack and the lab.

Leopold's Shack and Ricketts's Lab brings fresh insight to the fertile ideas and writings of two innovators of early twentieth century ecology. In this insightful and important book, Michael J. Lannoo enriches the legacies of Leopold and Ricketts as early conservation-minded environmentalists and suggests that there is still much to be learned from them."Katharine A. Rodger, editor of Breaking Through: Essays, Journals, and Travelogues of Edward F. Ricketts "Lannoo creatively explores an important story of compelling historical characters with a clear vision of their signific.



9780520946064


Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948.
Ricketts, Edward Flanders, 1897-1948.


Environmentalism--History.--United States
Natural history--History.--United States
Ecology--History.--United States
Environmental Studies.


Electronic Books.

GE195 / .L467 2010