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UNINA9910822006703321 |
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Jacoby Karl |
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Titolo |
Crimes against nature : squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation / / Karl Jacoby |
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Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (348 p.) |
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National parks and reserves - Social aspects - United States |
Nature conservation - Social aspects - United States |
National parks and reserves - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"With a New Afterword." |
First paperback printing 2003"--T. p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction: The Hidden History of American Conservation -- PART I. FOREST: THE ADIRONDACKS -- PART II. MOUNTAIN: YELLOWSTONE -- PART III. DESERT: THE GRAND CANYON -- Epilogue: Landscapes of Memory and Myth -- Afterword -- Chronology of American Conservation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Crimes against Nature reveals the hidden history behind three of the nation's first parklands: the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. Focusing on conservation's impact on local inhabitants, Karl Jacoby traces the effect of criminalizing such traditional practices as hunting, fishing, foraging, and timber cutting in the newly created parks. Jacoby reassesses the nature of these "crimes" and provides a rich portrait of rural people and their relationship with the natural world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
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UNINA9910965333403321 |
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Autore |
Hangay George |
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A guide to the beetles of Australia / / George Hangay and Paul Zborowski |
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Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Pub., c2010 |
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9786613156235 |
9780643101937 |
0643101934 |
9781283156233 |
1283156237 |
9780643100121 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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cOVER; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; What makes a beetle?; Anatomy; Reproduction and development; Food and survival; Higher taxonomy; Family descriptions; Cupedidae Reticulated beetles; Ommatidae Ommatid beetles; Sphaeriusidae Minute bog beetles; Gyrinidae Whirligig beetles; Haliplidae Crawling water beetles; Noteridae Burrowing water beetles; Hygrobiidae Screech beetles; Dytiscidae Predaceous diving beetles; Rhysodidae Wrinkled bark beetles; Carabidae Ground beetles; Hydrophilidae Water scavenger beetles; Histeridae Hister beetles; Hydraenidae Minute moss beetles |
Ptiliidae Feather-winged beetlesLeiodidae Small fungus beetles; Scydmaenidae Minute ant-like beetles; Silphidae Carrion or burial beetles; Staphylinidae Rove beetles; Lucanidae Stag beetles; Passalidae Passalid or bess beetles; Trogidae Hide beetles; Bolboceratidae Bolboceratid beetles; Hybosoridae Scavenger scarab beetles; Scarabaeidae Scarab beetles; Endnotes; Glossary; Index of common names; Index of scientific names |
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A well-illustrated guide that provides a fascinating introduction to this huge and diverse group of insects. |
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