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Leopold's Shack and Ricketts's Lab The Emergence of Environmentalism

By: Michael J Lannoo
212 pages, illus
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About this book

Aldo Leopold and Ed Ricketts are giants in the history of environmental awareness. They were born ten years and only about 200 miles apart and died within weeks of each other in 1948. Yet they never met and they didn't read each other's work.

This book reveals the full extent of their profound and parallel influence both on science and our perception of natural world today. The author shows how deeply these two ecological luminaries influenced the emergence both of environmentalism and conservation biology. In particular, he looks closely at how they each derived their ideas about the possible future of humanity based on their understanding of natural communities.

Leopold and Ricketts both believed that humans cannot place themselves above earth's ecosystems and continue to survive. In light of climate change, invasive species, and collapsing ecosystems, their most important shared idea emerges as a powerful key to the future.

Contents

Contents Preface# Acknowledgments# Introduction# Chapter 1: Out of the Midwest# Chapter 2: From Forester to Professor# Chapter 3: From Businessman to Sage# Chapter 4: Game Management# Chapter 5: Between Pacific Tides# Intercalary I Chapter 6: The Shack# Chapter 7: The Lab# Intercalary II# Chapter 8: A Sand County Almanac# Chapter 9: Sea of Cortez# Intercalary III# Chapter 10: Daily Lives and Professional Expectations# Chapter 11: From Natural History to Ecology Chapter 12: Leopold's Approach# Chapter 13: Ricketts's Approach# Chapter 14: Shared and Complementary Perspectives# Intercalary IV# Chapter 15: Transcendence# Chapter 16: Ethic and Engagement# Chapter 17: Where Their Spirit Lives On# The Shack and the Lab# Notes# Index

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Biography

Michael Lannoo, Professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is the author of Malformed Frogs: The Collapse of Aquatic Ecosystems and the editor of Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species (both from UC Press), among other books.
By: Michael J Lannoo
212 pages, illus
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Heavily referenced and annotated, this book is highly recommended to all.--Chicago Botanic Garden "Charming little book."--Ecology "Charming little book."--Ecology
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