Bøker av Richard W. Judd

Traces the reception of Henry David Thoreau's work from the time of his death to his ascendancy as an environmental icon in the 1970s, revealing insights into American culture's conception of the environment. This book tells the captivating story of one writer's rise from obscurity to fame through a cultural reappraisal of the work he left behind.

Bounded by the St. Lawrence Valley to the north, Lake Champlain to the west, and the Gulf of Maine to the east, New England may be the most cohesive region in the United States, with a long and richly recorded history. In this book, Richard W. Judd explores the mix of ecological process and human activity that shaped that history over the past 12,000 years.

Defines the environmental imagination as the attempt to secure 'a sense of freedom, permanence, and authenticity through communion with nature'. This book reconstructs the environmental imagination from public commentary, legislative records, and other documents. It sheds light on the ways that ideals unify and divide the environmental movement.

In this innovative study of the rise of the conservation ethic in northern New England, Richard Judd shows that the movement had its roots in the communitarian ethic of countrypeople rather than among urban intellectuals or politicians.