For most of us, life is spent in one vast electromagnetic field. In the office we sit in front of computer terminals, at home, in front of the television. We cook our meals in microwave ovens, trim our hedges with electric shears, illuminate our houses, workplaces, and streets with incandescent and fluorescent lighting. And until only recently, the potential hazards imposed by life in the shadows of high-voltage power lines have hardly been considered. First published in 1973, Power Over People was the first book to address the frightening potential side effects of our dependence on...
For most of us, life is spent in one vast electromagnetic field. In the office we sit in front of computer terminals, at home, in front of the televis...
This is the first comprehensive look at America's national park system, an insider's tour covering the system and the National Park Service, the agency responsible for its care. Dwight V. Rettie, former chief of the NPS policy development office, is uniquely qualified to address the state - the problems and the possibilities - of the system, which is comprised of millions of acres of land in more than 350 areas around the nation, including national parks, historic sites, battlefields, and recreation areas. Rettie agrees, as many critics have claimed, that the system is in disarray; he...
This is the first comprehensive look at America's national park system, an insider's tour covering the system and the National Park Service, the agenc...
"Show me any civilization that believes that reality exists only because man can perceive it, that the cosmos was erected to support man on its pinnacle, that man is exclusively divine, and then I will predict the nature of his cities and its landscapes, the hot dog stands, the neon shill, the ticky-tacky houses, the sterile core, the mined and ravaged countryside. This is the image of anthropocentric man. He seeks not unity with nature but conquest, yet unity he finds, when his arrogance and ignorance are stilled and he lies dead under the greensward." Ian L. McHarg Multiply and Subdue the...
"Show me any civilization that believes that reality exists only because man can perceive it, that the cosmos was erected to support man on its pinnac...
Wallace Earle Stegner Stewart L. Udall Richard W. Etulain
These informal interviews of Wallace Stegner, conducted by Richard Etulain reveal his thoughts and observations on our society and culture. Topics covered in the interviews range from his fiction and non-fiction writings to his views on conservation and mankind's relationship with the planet.
These informal interviews of Wallace Stegner, conducted by Richard Etulain reveal his thoughts and observations on our society and culture. Topics cov...
