Texas Land Ethics

Name: Texas Land Ethics
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ISBN: 9780292728028

ISBN-10: 0292728026

ISBN-13: 9780292728028

Edition: 1997

Authors: Pete A. Y. Gunter, Max Oelschlaeger, Sharon Stewart, Pete Gunter

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From the dense forests of the Big Thicket to the limitless vistas of the Davis Mountains, Texas is a land of astonishing diversity and natural beauty. Yet it is also a land where commuters endure endless traffic jams in the major cities and where pollution and environmental degradation threaten the most essential elements of our common living spacethe land, air, and water. In this thoughtful, practical book, Pete Gunter and Max Oelschlaeger offer a new vision for living on the land, a 'land ethic' that respects the stability, integrity, and beauty of the "land community." Avoiding harsh rhetoric that seeks only to place blame and foretell doom, they discuss how economic and environmental…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 174
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

<p Sharon Stewart is a senior project editor in language arts at Pearson Education Canada. She is one of Canada's best-loved young adult novelists. She lives in Richmond Hill, Ontario.</p



Acknowledgments


Introduction



What Is a Land Ethic?



Texas: The Land and Its Communities of Life



Texas: A State of Neglect



Land Ethics and Economics



Are Land Ethics Practical?



The Big Thicket



A Conclusion


Bibliography


Index