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What are people for? : essays/ by Wendell Berry.
- Title
- What are people for? : essays/ by Wendell Berry.
- Author
- Berry, Wendell, 1934-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3552.E75 W438 2010 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 210 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- Essays on Nate Shaw, Harry Caudill, Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, diversity, waste, eating, local culture, consumption, conservation, environmental concerns, and other topics.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- essays.
- Essays
- Essais.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Damage -- Healing -- A remarkable man [Nate Shaw] -- Harry Caudill in the Cumberlands -- A few words in favor of Edward Abbey -- Wallace Stegner and the great community -- A poem of difficult hope -- Style and grace -- Writer and region -- The responsibility of the poet -- God and country -- A practical harmony -- An argument for diversity -- What are people for? -- Waste -- Economy and pleasure -- The pleasures of eating -- The work of local culture -- Why I am not going to buy a computer -- Feminism, the body, and the machine -- Word and flesh -- Nature as measure.
- ISBN
- 9781582434872 (pbk.)
- 1582434875 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 632085295
- SCSB-10768434
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library