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Seeing Things Whole - The Essential John Wesley Powell (Paperback)
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Seeing Things Whole - The Essential John Wesley Powell (Paperback)
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"This is a superb selection of the most important writings of the
great American explorer, scientist, and conservationist. Powell's
name has often been evoked over the past century, but few people
have had access to the full range of his vigorous prose. Now deBuys
has given us an exceptionally good introduction to the man, his
ideas, and his America." -DONALD WORSTER, AUTHOR OF A RIVER
RUNNINGWEST: THE LIFE OF JOHN WESLEY POWELL
John Wesley Powell was an American original. He was the last of
the nation's great continental explorers and the first of a new
breed of public servant: part scientist, part social reformer, part
institution builder. His work and life reveal an enduringly
valuable way of thinking about land, water, and society as parts of
an interconnected whole; he was America's first great bioregional
thinker.
Seeing Things Whole presents John Wesley Powell in the full
diversity of his achievements and interests, bringing together in a
single volume writings ranging from his gripping account of
exploring the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to his views
on the evolution of civilization, along with the seminal writings
in which he sets forth his ideas on western settlement and the
allocation and management of western resources.
The centerpiece of Seeing Things Whole is a series of selections
from the famous 1878 Report on the Lands of the Arid Region and
related magazine articles in which Powell further develops the
themes of the report. In those, he recommends organizing the Arid
Lands into watershed commonwealths governed by resident citizens
whose interlocking interests create the checks and balances
essential to wise stewardship of the land. This was thecentral
focus of John Wesley Powell's bioregional vision, and it remains a
model for governance that many westerners see as a viable solution
to the resource management conflicts that continue to bedevil the
region.
Throughout the collection, award-winning writer and historian
William deBuys brilliantly sets the historical context for Powell's
work. Section introductions and extensive descriptive notes take
the reader through the evolution of John Wesley Powell's interests
and ideas from his role as an officer in the Civil War through his
critique of Social Darwinism and landmark categorization of Indian
languages, to the climatic yet ultimately futile battles he fought
to win adoption of his land-use proposals.
Seeing Things Wholepresents the essence of the extraordinary
legacy that John Wesley Powell has left to the American people, and
to people everywhere who strive to reconcile the demands of society
with the imperatives of the land.
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