Civilizing nature : national parks in global historical perspective /

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"National Parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s they have become a global phenomenon. The development of this multitude of ecological as well as political systems cann...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gissibl, Bernhard, 1976- (Editor ), Höhler, Sabine (Editor ), Kupper, Patrick (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
Colección:The Environment in History: International Perspectives.
Temas:
National parks and reserves > History.
National parks and reserves > Political aspects > History.
National parks and reserves > Government policy > History.
Protected areas > History.
Environmentalism > History.
Environmental protection > History.
Globalization > History.
Parcs nationaux > Histoire.
Parcs nationaux > Aspect politique > Histoire.
Parcs nationaux > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire.
Aires protégées > Histoire.
Environnementalisme > Histoire.
Environnement > Protection > Histoire.
Mondialisation > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
HISTORY > General.
Environmental protection
Environmentalism
Globalization
National parks and reserves
National parks and reserves > Government policy
Protected areas
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Unpacking Yellowstone: the American national park in global perspective / Karen Jones
  • How national were the first national parks? Comparative perspectives from the British settler societies / Melissa Harper and Richard White
  • Imperial preservation and landscape reclamation: national parks and natural reserves in French colonial Africa / Caroline Ford
  • From colonial imposition to national icon: Malaysia's Taman Negara national park
  • A Bavarian Serengeti: space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and Germany / Bernhard Gissibl
  • Translating Yellowstone: early European national parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss model / Patrick Kupper
  • Framing the heritage of mankind: national parks on the international agenda / Anna-Katharina Wöbse
  • Global values, local politics: Inuit internationalism and the establishment of Northern Yukon national park / Brad Martin
  • Demarcating wilderness and disciplining wildlife: radio tracking large carnivores in Yellowstone and Chitwan national parks / Etienne Benson
  • A revolutionary civilization: national parks, transnational exchanges and the construction of modern Mexico / Emily Wakild
  • Parks without wilderness, wilderness without parks? Assigning national park status to Dutch manmade landscape and colonial game reserves / Henny J. van der Windt
  • Globalizing nature: national parks, tiger reserves and biosphere reserves in independent India / Michael Lewis
  • Slovenia's Triglav national park: from imperial borderland to national ethnoscape / Carolin Firouzeh Roeder
  • Epilogue: national parks, civilization and globalization / Jane Carruthers.

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