...William Stegner...coined the term 'the geography of hope,' countering the argument that wilderness preservation served elites with the assertion t… - Rebecca Solnit

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...William Stegner...coined the term 'the geography of hope,' countering the argument that wilderness preservation served elites with the assertion that wilderness could be a place in which everyone could locate their hopefulness even if few actually entered it.

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Rebecca Solnit (born June 24, 1961) is an American writer. She has written on a variety of subjects, including feminism, the environment, politics, place, and art.

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