Crimes against nature : squatters, poachers, thieves, and the hidden history of American conservation / / Karl Jacoby

• Autore: Jacoby Karl
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (348 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.78/0973
• 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: "With a New Afterword."; First paperback printing 2003"--T. p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• 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: 0-520-95793-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464711503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II