Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - GoodreadsThis book is a history of wilderness preservation in the US. The author argues that Americans have gone from fear of wilderness to a preservation ethic. I think it's good overview with lots of useful ...
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - Mike Eckhardt - GoodreadsBefore Ken Burns put it on PBS, Mr. Nash compiled an extensive work detailing the American wilderness as "America's Best Idea." It's not a light read but it is a well reserached perspective on what helped to shape our identity as a nation. Read full review
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - Eugene Miya - GoodreadsI had Rod Nash as a prof. Rod had me for a student. I lived (as many) a couple chapters of this book (between 1st ed. and 2; giving 3 and beyond as gifts), and I could have used this book at that time ... Read full review
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - Mark Bailey - GoodreadsObvious why this changed the game of how we think about wilderness. If Thoreau said wilderness was the salvation of society, then this is evidence of how literature will be the salvation of wilderness. Read full review
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - GoodreadsSo poorly written and organized that the value of the otherwise useful history of the American conservation movement contained in the book is almost entirely lost. Read all the way through the chapter ...
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - Unicorn - GoodreadsNash provides a great primer on the evolution of the wilderness construct in American history. Although less postmodernist than Cronan, he introduces the idea that wilderness is a "state of mind, a ... Read full review
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - Vance Dubberly - GoodreadsA really nice history of on the American approach to wilderness from pre-inception to modern times. It's not, shall we say, an environmentalists handbook, more a reasonably objective history of how we ... Read full review
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - GoodreadsQuite enjoyable and a must read in the environmental history field!
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - GoodreadsI was a little disappointed given this book's monumental status. A more apt title would be "Wilderness and American Attitudes"- Nash's technique is more to survey than to analyze; he rarely delves ...
Review: Wilderness and the American Mind
User Review - GoodreadsPretty fascinating look at how thought concerning wilderness has changed in the US since pioneers first set out to conquer it. Nash focuses on a few intellectual leaders as catalysts for changing ...
