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The Nature State : Rethinking the History of Conservation.
"This volume brings together case studies from around the globe (including China, Latin America, the Philippines, Namibia, India and Europe) to explore the history of nature conservation in the twentieth century. It seeks to highlight the state, a central actor in these efforts, which is often...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton :
Taylor and Francis,
2017.
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| Colección: | Routledge environmental humanities.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Endorsement; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Notes; 1 The export of the American national park idea in an age of empire: The Philippines, 1898-1940 ; Nature and protected spaces in the American colonial rule; Filipinos and the reworking of the national park idea; Notes; 2 Protecting Patagonia: Science, conservation and the pre-history of the nature ; Sociable scientists; Scientific lines and knowledge tracks; Forests and plains; Applying science to conservation; Conclusion; Notes.
- 3 Another way to preserve: Hunting bans, biosecurity and the brown bear in Italy, 1930-60 Being a bear in man's world: appearance, behaviour and ecology; Protecting an icon; The consequences of the Fascist hunting ban; Your money, or the bear! Of livestock, damages and compensation; Conclusions; Notes; 4 Conservation politics in the Madras presidency: Maintaining the Lord Wenlock Downs of the Nilgiris ... ; Introduction; 'Let sleeping dogs lie': conserving recreation in the public interest, 1920-30; Of preserves, a park and perturbed foresters: conserving nature or stature? (1930-47).
- Maintaining the Downs as a national park: the politics of conservationNotes; 5 Negotiating the nature state beyond the parks: Conservation in twentieth-century north-central Namibia ; Notes; 6 Conventional thinking and the fragile birth of the nature state in post-war Britain; Notes; 7 Behind the scenes and out in the open: Making Colombian national parks in the 1960s and 1970s ; The creation of national park systems; Gentleman's politics; The struggle for territorial control in Tayrona National Park; A national park; Forests and at least one lone jaguar; Notes.
- 8 Ordering the borderland: Settlement and removal in the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil, 1940s-1970s Introduction; Whose public land?; State-sponsored grilagem; The federal decision to remove settlers; Initial relocation; The writ of habeas corpus; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Discovering China's tropical rainforests: Shifting approaches to people and nature in the late twentieth century ; Conclusion; Notes; 10 Nature, state and conservation in the Danube Delta: Turning fishermen into outlaws ; The development of the nature state in a newly acquired territory (1878-1947).
- Nature conservation 'on paper' (1947-89)Conservation policies and knowledge vs local interests (1990 to present); Conclusion; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.