Introduction : nature, science, and sympathy in the progressive era -- "Nature study is an American habit" -- "A living sympathy with everything that is" -- "The child is born a naturalist" -- Bird day for kids -- Sticking a finger into nature's pie -- The art of life -- The science and poetry of the soil -- Conclusion : the decline and rebirth of nature study
Summary:
Kevin Armitage presents the first comprehensive history of the nature study movement, demonstrating its significance to American environmental thought and politics. He shows how nature study, as both a pedagogic and popular idea, has had a lasting effect on American culture and society, and his reevaluation of the movement has much to tell us about the American relationship with the nonhuman world.
