Recovering the Prairie (Hardcover)

Americans in ever increasing numbers are rediscovering the prairie. This vast inland sea of grasses, buried for a hundred years beneath farms, cities, and suburbs, has endured not only in physical remnants but also in the memories of its settlers and their descendants, the books of prairie authors, and the work of prairie artists. As restoration ecologists and amateur prairie preservationists recover the land, this book recovers the prairie of the American imagination--past, present, and future. Beautifully illustrated with the work of sixteen contemporary prairie artists, Recovering the Prairie celebrates and examines the perspectives of artists, writers, native peoples, ecologists, and landscape architects--Willa Cather, Aldo Leopold, Jens Jensen, Alexander Gardner, and many others--who recognized the unique beauty of the prairie. And, this volume brings together people from many fields to consider the connections between aesthetics and economics, landscape and culture, politics and ethics, as illustrated by the prairie in American civilization. Contributors and artists include: Robert Adams Lee Allen Roger Brown James D. Butler Pauline Drobney Fred Easker Terry Evans Ed Folsom Lance M. Foster Harold L. Gregor Robert E. Grese Walter Hatke Harold D. Holoun Stan Hurd Gary Irving Wes Jackson Keith Jacobshagen Joni L. Kinsey Stuart Klipper Aldo Leopold Tom Lutz Curt Meine Genie H. Patrick David Plowden Rebecca Roberts Robert F. Sayre Jane E. Simonson Shelton Stromquist James R. Winn

General

Imprint:	University of Wisconsin Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	September 1999
Editors:	Robert F. Sayre
Dimensions:	229 x 178 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-299-16460-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Grasslands, heaths, prairies, tundra Promotions
LSN:	0-299-16460-8
Barcode:	9780299164607

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