Changing Tracks - 9781889963174
Un libro in lingua di Timothy Rawson edito da Univ of Alaska Pr, 2001
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The controversy brought Park Service biologist Adolph Murie to Alaska, where he conducted the first scientific study of wolf ecology. Yet politics and sentiment proved more important than science, dictating agency action, as is often the case in public policy. Arguments over wolves, in Alaska and elsewhere, now seem endless, and they started here. Changing Tracks is an essential Alaska story, but the issues constitute a cornerstone of conservation history that has been replayed in ecological management and philosophy worldwide.
"Changing Tracks is exceedingly well written and a pleasure to read." (Journal of the History of Biology)
"[A]n important contribution to the literature of national park history and of the wolf. . . . In tracing the story [Rawson] was able to shed light on the larger stories of changing attitudes toward animals, especially game and predatory animals, in American history in general and national park history in particular." (Environmental History)
"Timothy Rawson has written a splendid book. . . . [H]e spans philosophy, evolving perceptions, biology, politics, agency principles and pragmatics, and ethics. He writes with facility and style because he has mastered the vast documentary trove that holds the story. . . . . Across all this rugged terrain Rawson retains his balance, and provides historical perspectives true to the times he records. . . . . It is all in this beautifully written and researched book . . . as they say in the trade, it is a page-turner." (Alaska History)
"Few subjects illustrate shifting notions of wilderness in national parks better than the treatment of wolves. . . . Rawson's account provides a rare opportunity to see how agency leaders decide what was in the best interest of wild nature and the nation . . . this work [is] informative and compelling and a valuable addition to our understanding of nature." (Pacific Northwest Quarterly)
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Changing Tracks
- Sottotitolo: Predators and Politics in Mt. McKinley National Park
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Timothy Rawson
- Editore: Univ of Alaska Pr
- Collana: Univ of Alaska Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Maggio '01
- Genere: TRAVEL
- Argomenti : Gray wolf Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve History Wildlife management Government policy Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve History
- Pagine: 326
- Peso gr: 588
- Dimensioni mm: 222 x 165 x 19
- EAN-13: 9781889963174