{"product_id":"landscape-of-desire-1","title":"Landscape Of Desire","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully documents and celebrates a  place and the evolutions that occur when human beings are intimately  connected to their surroundings. Greg Gordon accomplishes this with a  tapestry of writing that interweaves land use history, natural history,  experiential education, and personal reflection. He tracks the  geomorphology of southern Utah as well as the creatures and plants his  student group encounters, the history lessons (planned and unplanned),  the trials and joys of gathering so many individuals into a cohesive  will, and his own personal epiphanies, restraints, insights, and  disillusionments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e examines the plight of the western  landscape. It discusses a wide range of issues, including mining,  grazing, dams, recreation, wilderness, and land management. Since  recreation has replaced extraction industries as the primary use of  wilderness, especially in southern Utah, Gordon addresses its impactful  qualities. He overviews the history of the conflict between preservation  and development and places these issues in a cultural context. The text  is presented in a narrative format, following the individuals of one  field course Gordon lead that explored Muddy Creek and the Dirty Devil  River from Interstate 70 to Lake Powell. Though each chapter focuses on  the geologic formation the group is traveling through, the plants,  animals, ecology, and human impacts are all tightly woven into the  narrative. Not only does the land affect the members of the field  course, but their attitudes and insights affect the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLandscape of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e Gordon achieves a vision of wholeness  of this popular and contested region of Utah that centers around the  implications of being human and also stewards of the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Greg Gordon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218625384740,"sku":"9780874215663","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.co.uk\/products\/landscape-of-desire-1","provider":"IndiePubs UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}