John Muir and the Religion of Nature
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Document Type
Lecture
Abstract
Dr. Worster is the Hall Professor of U.S. History and Environmental Studies at the University of Kansas. He has taught at Yale University and the University of Hawaii and ha s held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Australian National University, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author of many highly acclaimed books including biographies on John Muir and John Wesley Powell. He is primarily interested in the emerging field of environmental history – the changing perception of nature, the rise of conservation and environmentalism, but especially the ways that the natural world has impinged on human society and provided the context for human life over time.
Publication Date
1-19-2011
Recommended Citation
Worster, Donald, "John Muir and the Religion of Nature" (2011). January Series. 233.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/january_series/233