Screen LibraryWild by design : the rise of ecological restoration /
"Laura J. Martin examines ecological restoration's long history. Since the early 1900s, restorationists have confronted vexing philosophical questions: Which states of nature should be restored? Who should choose? Is human-designed wilderness really wild? Restoration work leads us to reima...
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Laura J. Martin examines ecological restoration's long history. Since the early 1900s, restorationists have confronted vexing philosophical questions: Which states of nature should be restored? Who should choose? Is human-designed wilderness really wild? Restoration work leads us to reimagine nature and the nature of environmental justice"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674979420 0674979427 |
| Index Number: | QH104 |
| CLC: | X171.4-097.12 |
| Call Number: | X171.4-097.12/M381 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Cultivating wildness -- Part I. Reservations, 1900-1945: Uncle Sam's reservations -- Ecology in the public service -- An outdoor laboratory -- Part II. Recovery, 1945-1970: Atoms for ecology -- The specter of irreversible change -- Part III. Regulation, 1970-2010: Extinct is forever -- The mood of wild America -- An ecological Tomorrowland -- Epilogue: Designing the future. |