Crimes against Nature : Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation /

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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, f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jacoby, Karl, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nature conservation > Social aspects.
National parks and reserves > Social aspects.
National parks and reserves.
HISTORY > United States > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Parcs nationaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Nature > Conservation > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Parcs nationaux > Aspect social > États-Unis.
National parks and reserves > United States > History.
Nature conservation > Social aspects > United States.
National parks and reserves > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The re-creation of nature
  • Public property and private parks
  • Working-class wilderness
  • Nature and nation
  • Fort Yellowstone
  • Modes of poaching and production
  • The Havasupai problem
  • Farewell song
  • Epilogue: Landscapes of memory and myth.

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