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OverviewThe Game of Conservation is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable examination of nature protection around the world. Twentieth-century nature conservation treaties often originated as attempts to regulate the pace of killing rather than as attempts to protect animal habitat. Some were prompted by major breakthroughs in firearm techniques, such as the invention of the elephant gun and grenade harpoons, but agricultural development was at least as important as hunting regulations in determining the fate of migratory species. The treaties had many defects, yet they also served the goal of conservation to good effect, often saving key species from complete extermination and sometimes keeping the population numbers at viable levels. It is because of these treaties that Africa is dotted with large national parks, that North America has an extensive network of bird refuges, and that there are any whales left in the oceans. All of these treaties are still in effect today, and all continue to influence nature-protection efforts around the globe. Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Mark Cioc shows that a handful of treaties-all designed to protect the worldu2019s most commercially important migratory species-have largely shaped the contours of global nature conservation over the past century. The scope of the book ranges from the African savannahs and the skies of North America to the frigid waters of the Antarctic. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mark Cioc , James L. A. Webb, Jr.Publisher: Ohio University Press Imprint: Ohio University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9780821418666ISBN 10: 0821418661 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 15 November 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAn impressive and fresh approach to studying the environment in the twenty-first century. - Michael Lewis, Salisbury University An impressive and fresh approach to studying the environment in the twenty-first century. Michael Lewis - Salisbury University An impressive and fresh approach to studying the environment in the twenty-first century. - Michael Lewis, Salisbury University The Game of Conservation is a concise, well-researched, and nicely presented study of pioneering wildlife protection treaties from the first half of the twentieth century... This study offers a valuable model for environmental historians seeking to provide accessible and insightful scholarship that transcends national boundaries. - Environmental History The book's expository prose style is in tune with its overall design: clarity and utility are foremost... The Game of Conservation will be a valuable resource for any scholar of conservation, colonialism or international treaty making. - Environment and History In an engaging style reminiscent of a mystery novel, Cioc relates the historical, political, sociological, and ecological stories behind the treaties...Knowing the origins of animal protection efforts does much to explain the conservation problems these species still face. - Choice Author InformationMark Cioc is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the author of The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815–2000. He is a coeditor of How Green Were the Nazis? Nature, Environment, and Nation in the Third Reich. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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