A New Mexico Land Ethic Handbook by Richard L. Rubin, with Andrew Gulliford and Leeanna T. Torres (review).

The article focuses on *A New Mexico Land Ethic Handbook* (2024), an anthology exploring Aldo Leopold’s concept of the Land Ethic and its contemporary applications in the American Southwest. The book, curated by retired physician Richard L. Rubin with contributions from historian Andrew Gulliford an...

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Published in:Western American Literature Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 333 - 337
Main Author: Rottschafer, Shelli
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Published: Western Literature Association Fall2025
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        Environmental ethics
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        Leopold, Aldo, 1886-1948
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          Environmental ethics
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