The Quiet Crisis

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Introduction by John F. Kennedy......Page 9
I The Land Wisdom of the Indians......Page 12
II The Birth of a Land Policy: THOMAS JEFFERSON......Page 22
III The White Indians: DANIEL BOONE, JED SMITH, AND THE MOUNTAIN MEN......Page 34
IV The Stir of Conscience: THOREAU AND THE NATURALISTS......Page 48
V The Raid on Resources......Page 63
VI The Beginning of Wisdom: GEORGE PERKINS MARSH......Page 78
VII The Beginning of Action: CARL SCHURZ AND JOHN WESLEY POWELL......Page 92
VIII The Woodlands: PINCHOT AND THE FORESTERS......Page 106
IX Wild and Park Lands: JOHN MUIR......Page 126
X Men Must Act: THE ROOSEVELTS AND POLITICS......Page 143
XI Individual Action: ORGANIZERS AND PHILANTHROPISTS......Page 164
XII Cities in Trouble: FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED......Page 176
XIII Conservation and the Future......Page 190
XIV Notes on a Land Ethic for Tomorrow......Page 205
Acknowledgments......Page 208
Index......Page 212
Back Cover......Page 230