Called by the wild. (Conservation & Urban Struggles).CALLED BY THE WILD The Autobiography of a Conservationist Raymond F. Dasmann Foreword fore·word n. A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author. foreword Noun an introductory statement to a book Noun 1. by Paul R. Ehrlich For the Nobel Prize winning Immunologist, see . Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is currently the Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. "How the environmental movement came to be and the role he played in its emergence is the core of Ray Dasmann's story. Environmentalism environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. did not just happen: people forged it from their passionate grief at the threat to our living world. Understanding that passion and that grief is the gift this volume has to offer." --Carl Pope, President of the Sierra Club Sierra Club, national organization in the United States dedicated to the preservation and expansion of the world's parks, wildlife, and wilderness areas. Founded (1892) in California by a group led by the Scottish-American conservationist John Muir, the Sierra Club $27.50 cloth |
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