Ruskin and environment : the storm-cloud of the nineteenth century / edited by Michael Wheeler.

Other author Wheeler, Michael, 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoManchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, ©1995.
Descriptionx, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900--Knowledge. --Nature.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900--Knowledge. --History.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900--Knowledge. --Nature.
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900--Knowledge. --History.
Environmental protection--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Historic preservation--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.

Contents The discourse of natural beauty / Keith Hanley -- The city and the self / Phillip Mallett -- Pollution, defilement and the art of decomposition / David Carroll -- Mappa mundi, anima mundi : imaginative mapping and environmental representation / Denis Cosgrove -- 'A great entail' : the historic environment / Gill Chitty -- The role of the railways / Jeffrey Richards -- The National Trust : preservation or provision? / John K. Walton -- Environment and apocalypse / Michael Wheeler.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 94024564
ISBN0719043778