RST Module 2

Wilderness was recognized as a moral and cultural resource and a basis for national self-esteem by the middle decades of the nineteenth century.

True

Primitivists believed man's happiness and well-being increased in direct proportion to his degree of civilization.

False

Wilderness helped creating "American" distinctive culture. 

True

What are the possible reasons for the changing view of nature from hostility to appreciation?

 

The literary works of the Romantics and more people had less experience with the hardships of the wilderness

With the flowering of Romanticism in the 18 and early 19 centuries, wilderness lost much of its repulsiveness. Why?

 

The new intellectual context coveted qualities of wilderness