{"product_id":"back-to-nature-the-arcadian-myth-in-urban-america-9780801840135","title":"Back to Nature The Arcadian Myth in Urban America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subject has needed detailed treatment for years, and I always expected the definitive study would be accomplished by a naturalist. But Peter Schmitt is a historian, and it's probably better that way after all. I guess this book is the one I've been looking for. -- John Eastman Natural History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword, by John R. Stilgoe\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the First Edition\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Back to nature\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Literary Commuter\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Birds in the Bush\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Nature Fakers\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. This Elegant Art\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Keep Off the Grass\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Arcadia Comes to School\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Bluebirds and Beansprouts\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Customary Thing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Backwoods Brotherhoods\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Children's Fiction and the Out-of-Doors\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Wilderness Novel\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Church in the Wildwood\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Nature and the Camer\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. The Search for Scenery\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. The Search for Solitude\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. The New Frontier\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eSelected REadings since 1969\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405184115031,"sku":"9780801840135","price":24.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801840135.jpg?v=1730489024","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/back-to-nature-the-arcadian-myth-in-urban-america-9780801840135","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}