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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Peter S. AlagonaPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780520275065ISBN 10: 0520275063 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 28 May 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Land of the Bears 2. A New Movement 3. The Official Landscape 4. The Laws of Nature 5. The California Condor: From Controversy to Consensus 6. The Mojave Desert Tortoise: Ambassador for the Outback 7. The San Joaquin Kit Fox: Vixen of the Valley 8.The Delta Smelt: Water Politics by Another Name Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography IndexReviewsAlagona adroitly documents the roles that historical contingency and a few influential, passionate people can play in shaping the mixed fortunes of endangered species. -- Stephen Redpath Science The [author is] passionate about preserving the diversity and richness of the natural world and attuned to the complexities of related issues. Throughout, [this book teaches] us much about what we need to be doing-and why it is vitally important to care. Foreword On the landmark species-saving law's 40th anniversary, environmental historian Peter Alagona explains why it doesn't quite work, and offers a path toward recovery. -- Matt Kettmann Smithsonian Magazine Shows how a political system was designed around [four endangered species] to speak about broader issues of place. Santa Barbara News-Press This book can improve understanding of sustainability because it re- minds us of the complex and interdependent nature of sustainability challenges. Conservation Biology This well written and timely volume...is a must-read for students and researchers of natural resources law and policy... -- Joel Heinen Biological Conservation [Alagona] rightly argues that we need a larger vision that more forthrightly acknowledges human action within a greater biotic community. American Historical Review On the landmark species-saving law's 40th anniversary, environmental historian Peter Alagona explains why it doesn't quite work, and offers a path toward recovery. --Matt Kettmann Smithsonian Magazine (05/16/2013) Alagona adroitly documents the roles that historical contingency and a few influential, passionate people can play in shaping the mixed fortunes of endangered species. -- Stephen Redpath Science 20130823 On the landmark species-saving law's 40th anniversary, environmental historian Peter Alagona explains why it doesn't quite work, and offers a path toward recovery. -- Matt Kettmann Smithsonian Magazine 20130516 The [author is] passionate about preserving the diversity and richness of the natural world and attuned to the complexities of related issues. Throughout, [this book teaches] us much about what we need to be doing-and why it is vitally important to care. Foreword 20130301 Shows how a political system was designed around [four endangered species] to speak about broader issues of place. Santa Barbara News-Press 20130512 This well written and timely volume...is a must-read for students and researchers of natural resources law and policy... -- Joel Heinen Biological Conservation 20131001 Author InformationPeter S. Alagona is Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was Visiting Assistant Professor at Stanford and Beagle Environmental Fellow at Harvard and previously worked as a national park ranger and as a consulting ecologist. Since 2009, he has been an Associate Editor for the MIT Press series Histories for a Sustainable Future. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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