After the grizzly [[electronic resource] ] : endangered species and the politics of place in California / / Peter S. Alagona
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Alagona Peter S
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| Titolo: |
After the grizzly [[electronic resource] ] : endangered species and the politics of place in California / / Peter S. Alagona
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 591.68 |
| Soggetto topico: | Wildlife conservation - California |
| Wildlife conservation - United States | |
| Endangered species - California | |
| Endangered species - United States | |
| Grizzly bear - California | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | 21st century habitat conservation |
| american culture | |
| american politics | |
| american wildlife | |
| aspca | |
| books for nature lovers | |
| california gold rush | |
| california history | |
| california wildlife | |
| condor | |
| conservation of wildlife | |
| desert tortoise | |
| easy to read | |
| endangered species | |
| engaging | |
| environmental conservation protection | |
| environmental ecology | |
| go green | |
| how to protect animals | |
| interesting books | |
| nonfiction books | |
| politics and science | |
| preserving wildlife | |
| saving the environment | |
| science and math | |
| sustaining landscapes | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE. The Land of the Bears -- CHAPTER TWO. A New Movement -- CHAPTER THREE. The Official Landscape -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Laws of Nature -- CHAPTER FIVE. The California Condor. From Controversy to Consensus -- CHAPTER SIX. The Mojave Desert Tortoise. Ambassador for the Outback -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The San Joaquin Kit Fox. The Flagship Fox -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Delta Smelt. Water Politics by Another Name -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Thoroughly researched and finely crafted, After the Grizzly traces the history of endangered species and habitat in California, from the time of the Gold Rush to the present. Peter S. Alagona shows how scientists and conservationists came to view the fates of endangered species as inextricable from ecological conditions and human activities in the places where those species lived. Focusing on the stories of four high-profile endangered species-the California condor, desert tortoise, Delta smelt, and San Joaquin kit fox-Alagona offers an absorbing account of how Americans developed a political system capable of producing and sustaining debates in which imperiled species serve as proxies for broader conflicts about the politics of place. The challenge for conservationists in the twenty-first century, this book claims, will be to redefine habitat conservation beyond protected wildlands to build more diverse and sustainable landscapes. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | After the grizzly |
| ISBN: | 0-520-95441-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810508603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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