{"product_id":"natures-management-writings-on-landscape-and-reform-1822-1859-paperback","title":"Nature's Management: Writings on Landscape and Reform, 1822-1859 - 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\u003eEdmund Ruffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJack Temple Kirby\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory remembers Edmund Ruffin, the Virginia native believed to have fired the first shot against Fort Sumter in 1861, as one of the South's most aggressive \"fire-eaters.\" This volume of Ruffin's work offers us his less known but equally intense passion for agricultural study. In carefully edited selections from Ruffin's writings, Jack Temple Kirby presents an innovative, progressive agronomist and pioneering conservationist. Arranged in sections discussing southern agricultural history, Ruffin's observations of nature, his ideas about land reform, and his plans for soil rejuvenation, \u003ci\u003eNature's Management\u003c\/i\u003e shows that Ruffin was a thinker far ahead of his time, recognizing our need to improve agriculture and to protect nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnown as the \"father of soil science\" in the United States, Edmund Ruffin discovered and solved the problem of soil acidity while still in his twenties and published several papers on the subject. As the publication of his writing increased, Ruffin left his own farming business to pursue his studies. This volume contains a collection of Ruffin's essays on a variety of interrelated subjects. From the promotion of fencing and methods of malaria prevention to advocacy of a public works program and the recycling of waste, Ruffin's ideas paved the way for the early conservation movement associated with Theodore Roosevelt, Gifford Pinchot, and others. \u003ci\u003eNature's Management\u003c\/i\u003e presents Ruffin's activism and innovative genius at its best, replacing the image of a southern firebrand with that of an outspoken reformer deserving of recognition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund Ruffin (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e EDMUND RUFFIN (1794-1865), a Virginia planter and slaveholder, is widely regarded as the \"father of soil science\" in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Temple Kirby (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JACK TEMPLE KIRBY was the emeritus W. E. Smith Professor of American History at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eWorking the Garden: American Writers and the Industrialization of Agriculture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Countercultural South\u003c\/i\u003e (Georgia). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 408\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52775171686707,"sku":"9780820328379","price":66.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RWRoZC9vbHdyYnp2dGlzOVJ6UkkzUT09.webp?v=1764727401","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/natures-management-writings-on-landscape-and-reform-1822-1859-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}