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Fleeting Moments - Nature and Culture in American History (Hardcover, New)
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Fleeting Moments - Nature and Culture in American History (Hardcover, New)
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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 Clark
expedition, and the building of park cemeteries and big city parks,
Americans realized that nature was not merely a force to be
reckoned with, not merely a resource to be exploited, but also an
integral component of their lives. Through the engineering of
nature and culture in the urban environment, the energetic attempts
to conserve large-scale nature in the United States emerged as an
offspring of the big city. Heightening our understanding of the
historical complexity of the relationship between nature and
culture, and suggesting that harmony between the two is a mark of
civilization, this original study will be an invaluable guide to
anyone concerned with the quality of life in America, past and
future.
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