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Autore: | Jacoby Karl <1965-> |
Titolo: | Crimes against nature [[electronic resource] ] : squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation / / Karl Jacoby |
Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina: | 333.78/0973 |
333.780 | |
333.780973 | |
Soggetto topico: | National parks and reserves - Social aspects - United States |
Nature conservation - Social aspects - United States | |
National parks and reserves - United States - History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: The Hidden History of American Conservation -- PART I. FOREST: THE ADIRONDACKS -- 1. The Re-creation of Nature -- 2. Public Property and Private Parks -- 3. Working-Class Wilderness -- PART II. MOUNTAIN: YELLOWSTONE -- 4. Nature and Nation -- 5. Fort Yellowstone -- 6. Modes of Poaching and Production -- PART III. DESERT: THE GRAND CANYON -- 7. The Havasupai Problem -- 8. Farewell Song -- Epilogue: Landscapes of Memory and Myth -- Chronology of American Conservation |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Crimes against nature |
ISBN: | 1-282-75924-8 |
9786612759246 | |
0-520-93030-4 | |
1-59734-558-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996248110803316 |
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