Wilderness and the American Mind FROM THE PUBLISHER
Roderick Nashﾽs classic study of Americaﾽs changing attitudes toward wilderness has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los Angeles Times has listed it among the one hundred most influential books published in the last quarter century, Outside Magazine has included it in a survey of ﾽbooks that changed our world,ﾽ and it has been called the ﾽBook of Genesis for environmentalists.ﾽ Now a fourth edition of this highly regarded work is available, with a new preface and epilogue in which Nash explores the future of wilderness and reflects on its ethical and biocentric relevance.
Author Biography: Roderick Frazier Nash is professor emeritus of history and environmental studies at the University of California Santa Barbara.
FROM THE CRITICS
Dave Foreman
A peerless work and irreplaceable for everyone who cares for Nature.
Washington Post Book World
One of those rare works that combines exemplary scholarship with readability.
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