Fleeting Moments: Nature and Culture in American History

by Gunther Barth

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The tension between nature and culture, which accompanies the rise of any large society, has become a subject of great concern in our time. In this compelling study, Gunther Barth, acclaimed author of City People: The Rise of Modern City Culture in Nineteenth-Century America, identifies fleeting moments of concord between nature and culture in the course of American history. During the search for the Wilderness Passage, the progress of the Lewis and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195062965

ISBN13:9780195062960

Release Date:October 1990

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Americas Environment History History & Surveys Human Geography Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Science & Math Social Sciences

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