Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dickerson, Matthew T., 1963Ents, elves, and Eriador : the environmental vision of J.R.R. Editorial and Sales O ces: e University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 06 07 08 09 10 Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, e Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. Publication of this volume was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Series Editor Norman Wirzba, Georgetown College, KentuckyĪdvisory Board Wendell Berry, Port Royal, Kentucky Ellen Davis, Duke University, North Carolina Patrick Holden, Soil Association, United Kingdom Wes Jackson, Land Institute, Kansas Gene Logsdon, Upper Sandusky, Ohio Bill McKibben, Middlebury College, Vermont David Orr, Oberlin College, Ohio Michael Pollan, University of California at Berkeley, California Jennifer Sahn, Orion magazine, Massachusetts Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, India William Vitek, Clarkson University, New YorkĮ Environmental Vision of J. It stands as our most promising alternative to the unsustainable and destructive ways of current global, industrial, and consumer culture. Agrarianism is a comprehensive worldview that appreciates the intimate and practical connections which exist between humans and the earth. It is intended to demonstrate how agrarian insights and responsibilities can be worked out in diverse ﬁelds of learning and living: history, science, art, politics, economics, literature, philosophy, religion, urban planning, education, and public policy. Culture of the Land A Series in the New Agrarianism is series is devoted to the exploration and articulation of a new agrarianism that considers the health of habitats and human communities together.

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