Thoreau the land surveyor /
Chura, Patrick, 1964-
Thoreau the land surveyor / Patrick Chura. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations, map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
The surveyor and the state -- Material to mythology -- Walden, Cape Cod, and the duty of the coast survey -- The skillful engineer -- Serving Admetus -- The science of the field notes -- The Concord surveyor and the Kansas surveyor -- "I am a surveyor."
Placing Thoreau's surveying in historical context, the author explains the cultural and ideological implications of surveying work in the mid-19th century. He the ways that Thoreau's environmentalist disposition and philosophical convictions asserted themselves even as he reduced the land to measurable terms and acted as an agent for bringing it under proprietary control.
English.
9780813043500 (electronic bk.) 0813043506 (electronic bk.) 9780813038278 (ebook) 0813038278 (ebook)
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 --Knowledge--Surveying.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
1800 - 1899
Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
Surveyors--United States--Biography.
Surveying--History--United States--19th century.
Écrivains américains--19e siècle--Biographies.
Géomètres--États-Unis--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Authors, American
Surveying
Surveyors
Landmeetkunde.
Milieufilosofie.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
PS3053 / .C47 2010eb
818/.309
Thoreau the land surveyor / Patrick Chura. - Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations, map
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
The surveyor and the state -- Material to mythology -- Walden, Cape Cod, and the duty of the coast survey -- The skillful engineer -- Serving Admetus -- The science of the field notes -- The Concord surveyor and the Kansas surveyor -- "I am a surveyor."
Placing Thoreau's surveying in historical context, the author explains the cultural and ideological implications of surveying work in the mid-19th century. He the ways that Thoreau's environmentalist disposition and philosophical convictions asserted themselves even as he reduced the land to measurable terms and acted as an agent for bringing it under proprietary control.
English.
9780813043500 (electronic bk.) 0813043506 (electronic bk.) 9780813038278 (ebook) 0813038278 (ebook)
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 --Knowledge--Surveying.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
1800 - 1899
Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
Surveyors--United States--Biography.
Surveying--History--United States--19th century.
Écrivains américains--19e siècle--Biographies.
Géomètres--États-Unis--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
Authors, American
Surveying
Surveyors
Landmeetkunde.
Milieufilosofie.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
PS3053 / .C47 2010eb
818/.309