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Film, Video The Myth of Wilderness: What's Left to Save & What Never Existed

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Title

  • The Myth of Wilderness: What's Left to Save & What Never Existed

Summary

  • The notion of wilderness as a pristine natural environment untouched by human activity is a powerful narrative in discourses of global climate change and literature. The wilderness conjures up feeling of nostalgia, tranquility, and a desire for active conservation. But has wilderness truly ever existed? And what role do both the realities and myths of human interaction with the wild have in framing human thoughts about place, time, and history? Astrobiologist David Grinspoon and literary scholar Charlotte Rogers discuss how these ideas impact their research in both the scientific study of the history of the Earth and the history of literature about the Amazonian rainforest.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2014-06-05.

Headings

  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: Agriculture.
  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  Classification: Social Sciences.
  • -  David Grinspoon, Charlotte Rogers.
  • -  Recorded on 2014-06-05.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021689445

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. The Myth of Wilderness: What's Left to Save & What Never Existed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-05, 2014. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689445/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2014) The Myth of Wilderness: What's Left to Save & What Never Existed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-05. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021689445/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. The Myth of Wilderness: What's Left to Save & What Never Existed. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-05, 2014. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021689445/>.