LEADER 03514nam 22006615 450 001 9910793870503321 005 20201228195614.0 010 $a0-300-24915-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300249156 035 $a(CKB)4100000009445552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5910251 035 $a(DE-B1597)542089 035 $a(OCoLC)1122450861 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300249156 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7021919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7021919 035 $a(PPN)259294063 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009445552 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOn the Backs of Tortoises $eDarwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden /$fElizabeth Hennessy 210 1$aNew Haven, CT :$cYale University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$d©2019 215 $a1 online resource (331 pages) 311 $a0-300-23274-8 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface and Acknowledgments --$tMaps --$t1. What We Stand On --$t2. In Darwin's Footsteps --$t3. What's in a Name? --$t4. The Many Worlds at World's End --$t5. Making a Natural Laboratory --$t6. Restoring Evolution --$t7. Laboratory Life --$t8. All the Way Down --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAn insightful exploration of the iconic Galápagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world   The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine nature. For sixty years, conservationists have worked to restore this evolutionary Eden after centuries of exploitation at the hands of pirates, whalers, and island settlers. This book tells the story of the islands' namesakes-the giant tortoises-as coveted food sources, objects of natural history, and famous icons of conservation and tourism. By doing so, it brings into stark relief the paradoxical, and impossible, goal of conserving species by trying to restore a past state of prehistoric evolution. The tortoises, Elizabeth Hennessy demonstrates, are not prehistoric, but rather microcosms whose stories show how deeply human and nonhuman life are entangled. In a world where evolution is thoroughly shaped by global history, Hennessy puts forward a vision for conservation based on reckoning with the past, rather than trying to erase it. 606 $aGalapagos tortoise 606 $aGalapagos tortoise$xConservation 606 $aRare reptiles$zGalapagos Islands 606 $aExtinct reptiles$zGalapagos Islands 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on$zGalapagos Islands 606 $aRestoration ecology$zGalapagos Islands 606 $aIsland ecology$zGalapagos Islands 606 $aEvolution (Biology)$xHistory 607 $aGalapagos Islands$xEnvironmental conditions 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aGalapagos tortoise. 615 0$aGalapagos tortoise$xConservation. 615 0$aRare reptiles 615 0$aExtinct reptiles 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on 615 0$aRestoration ecology 615 0$aIsland ecology 615 0$aEvolution (Biology)$xHistory. 676 $a508.866/5 700 $aHennessy$b Elizabeth$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01509961 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 801 2$bAzTeS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793870503321 996 $aOn the Backs of Tortoises$93850791 997 $aUNINA