{"product_id":"great-new-wilderness-debate-paperback","title":"Great New Wilderness Debate - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Baird Callicott\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMichael P. Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great New Wilderness Debate\u003c\/i\u003e is an expansive, wide-ranging collection that addresses the pivotal environmental issues of the modern era. This eclectic volume on the varied constructions of \"wilderness\" reveals the recent controversies that surround those conceptions, and the gulf between those who argue for wilderness \"preservation\" and those who argue for \"wise use.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson have selected thirty-nine essays that provide historical context, range broadly across the issues, and set forth the positions of the debate. Beginning with such well-known authors as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold, the collection moves forward to the contemporary debate and presents seminal works by a number of the most distinguished scholars in environmental history and environmental philosophy. \u003ci\u003eThe Great New Wilderness Debate\u003c\/i\u003e also includes essays by conservation biologists, cultural geographers, environmental activists, and contemporary writers on the environment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Baird Callicott (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e J. BAIRD CALLICOTT is a professor of philosophy at the University of North Texas. He is coeditor, with Michael P. Nelson, of \u003ci\u003eThe Great New Wilderness Debate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness Debate Rages On\u003c\/i\u003e (both Georgia), and coauthor, with Nelson, of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Environmental Ethics: An Ojibwa Case Study\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael P. Nelson (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MICHAEL P. NELSON is an associate professor of environmental ethics and philosophy at Michigan State University, where he is affiliated with the Lyman Briggs College, the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, and the Department of Philosophy. He is coeditor, with J. Baird Callicott, of \u003ci\u003eThe Great New Wilderness Debate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness Debate Rages On\u003c\/i\u003e (both Georgia), and coauthor, with Callicott, of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Indian Environmental Ethics: An Ojibwa Case Study\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 712\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.21 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52708755505459,"sku":"9780820319841","price":55.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OG9jVlhWSjgzamRtSzBiRkpEZC80UT09.webp?v=1763442620","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/great-new-wilderness-debate-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}