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Book SynopsisA radical revelation of how American ideas of freedom, justice, and progress are rooted--and sometimes hidden--in the country's stunning landscapes
Trade Review"Daegan Miller rekindles a legacy of environmental dissent. The ideas and landscapes of nineteenth-century 'countermoderns' are signposts, still legible, to alternative futures. This book bears witness like a burning bush."--Jared Farmer, author of Trees in Paradise: A California HIstory "Drawing on superb scholarly detective work, This Radical Land tells fascinating stories about the history of our ties to the land that give us an alternative to viewing natural spaces as either a resource to exploit or a wilderness museum for the privileged. Miller peels back the history to reveal that, however ignored, Americans have always resisted the exploitation of nature. Perhaps his more nuanced environmental history will inspire those today who, continuing the mute protest of the witness tree, would pull the planet back from the brink of death."--Richard Higgins, author of Thoreau and the Language of Trees
