The Politics of Scale : A History of Rangeland Science / / Nathan F. Sayre |
Autore | Sayre Nathan F. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 pages) |
Disciplina | 636.08/45 |
Soggetto topico |
Rangelands - United States - History
Range ecology - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
Forest Service
Frederic Clements capital carrying capacity grazing pastoralism ranching scale stocking rates variability |
ISBN | 0-226-08325-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on Units of Measurement -- Preface -- Introduction. Rangelands, Science, and the Politics of Scale -- One. Producing the Range: Extermination and Fences -- Two. Fire and Climax: Bureaucratic Divisions of Scientific Labor -- Three. Squinting at Blind Spots: Southwestern Rangelands and the Consolidation of Successional Theory -- Four. Fixing Stocking Rates: Monitoring and the Politics of Measurement -- Five. To Manage or Manipulate: Natural versus Artificial Improvement of Depleted Rangelands -- Six. The Western Range Goes Global: Neo-Malthusianism and Pastoral Development -- Seven. Till the Cows Come Home: Overseas Failures and Critiques of Range Science -- Conclusion. Capital, Climate, and Community-Based Conservation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838231503321 |
Sayre Nathan F. | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Public lands and political meaning [[electronic resource] ] : ranchers, the government, and the property between them / / Karen R. Merrill |
Autore | Merrill Karen R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.74/0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Public lands - United States - History
Government ownership - United States - History Ranchers - Legal status, laws, etc - United States - History Pasture, Right of - United States - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american west cattle environment federal government federal land agencies frontier government control grazing lands history land administration land management land rights land use modern west nature political science politics property rights protest public grazing public lands public range ranchers ranching range sagebrush rebellions settlers settling the west social issues state building united states wild west |
ISBN |
0-520-92688-9
1-59734-838-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Policing and policy-making on the range -- The properties of the home-builder -- The lessons of the market -- The sovereignty of the state, or the states? -- The Taylor Grazing Act and the "Vast National Estate" -- Property rights and political meaning. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780078603321 |
Merrill Karen R | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Survival by hunting [[electronic resource] ] : prehistoric human predators and animal prey / / George C. Frison |
Autore | Frison George C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
Soggetto topico |
Hunting, Prehistoric
Paleo-Indians - Hunting Hunting and gathering societies |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animal populations animals as food animals antelope apex predator big horn mountains bison buffalo conservation deer elk environment environmentalism extinct animals food studies frontier human animal relationships hunter gatherer hunting indigenous culture indigenous peoples mountain sheep mule deer natural world nature nonfiction paleo indians persistence predator plains animals predator prehistoric prey pronghorn ranching rocky mountains substance hunting |
ISBN |
1-282-35622-4
9786612356223 0-520-92796-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Where the buffalo once roamed -- The education of a hunter -- Paleoindian hunters and extinct animals -- The North American bison -- The North American pronghorn -- The rocky mountain sheep -- Hunting the deer, elk, and other creatures -- Weaponry and tools used by the hunter -- Concluding thoughts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778067203321 |
Frison George C | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Survival by hunting : prehistoric human predators and animal prey / / George C. Frison |
Autore | Frison George C |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.3/64 |
Soggetto topico |
Hunting, Prehistoric
Paleo-Indians - Hunting Hunting and gathering societies |
Soggetto non controllato |
american west
animal populations animals as food animals antelope apex predator big horn mountains bison buffalo conservation deer elk environment environmentalism extinct animals food studies frontier human animal relationships hunter gatherer hunting indigenous culture indigenous peoples mountain sheep mule deer natural world nature nonfiction paleo indians persistence predator plains animals predator prehistoric prey pronghorn ranching rocky mountains substance hunting |
ISBN |
1-282-35622-4
9786612356223 0-520-92796-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Where the buffalo once roamed -- The education of a hunter -- Paleoindian hunters and extinct animals -- The North American bison -- The North American pronghorn -- The rocky mountain sheep -- Hunting the deer, elk, and other creatures -- Weaponry and tools used by the hunter -- Concluding thoughts. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822086103321 |
Frison George C | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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