Predatory Bureaucracy - 9780870818196
Un libro in lingua di Robinson Michael J. edito da Univ Pr of Colorado, 2005
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Robinson follows wolves' successful adaptation to the arrival of explorers, mountain men, and bounty hunters, through their disastrous century-long entanglement with the federal government. He shares the parallel story of the Biological Survey's rise, detailing the personal, social, geographic, and political forces that allowed it to thrive despite opposition from hunters, animal lovers, scientists, environmentalists, and presidents.
Federal predator control nearly eliminated wolves throughout the United States and Mexico and radically changed American lands and wildlife populations. It undercut the livelihoods of countless homestead families in order to benefit an emerging western elite of livestock owners. The extermination of predators led to problems associated with prey overpopulation, but, as Robinson reveals, extermination and control programs still continue. Predatory Bureaucracy will fascinate readers interested in wildlife, ecosystems, agriculture, and environmental politics.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Predatory Bureaucracy
- Sottotitolo: The Extermination of Wolves And the Transformation of the West
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Robinson Michael J.
- Editore: Univ Pr of Colorado
- Collana: Univ Pr of Colorado (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 30 Novembre '05
- Genere: NATURE
- Argomenti : Gray wolf Control United States History Gray wolf Control West (U.S.) History Gray wolf Control Government policy United States History
- Pagine: 473
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0870818198
- EAN-13: 9780870818196