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Title:

Civilizing nature : national parks in global historical perspective / edited by Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine H©œhler, Patrick Kupper.

Publisher:

Berghahn Books,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

viii, 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

National parks and reserves--History.
National parks and reserves--History.--History.
National parks and reserves--History.--History.
Protected areas--History.
Environmentalism--History.
Environmental protection--History.
Globalization--History.

Other Authors:

Gissibl, Bernhard, 1976-
H©œhler, Sabine.
Kupper, Patrick.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Towards a Global History of National Parks / Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine H©œhler, Patrick Kupper -- part I. Parks and Empires -- Unpacking Yellowstone : The American National Park in Global Perspective / Karen Jones -- How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies / Melissa Harper, Richard White -- Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation : National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa / Caroline Ford -- From Colonial Imposition to National Icon : Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park / Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells -- A Bavarian Serengeti : Space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and Germany / Bernhard Gissibl -- part II. Organizartions and Networks -- Translating Yellowstone : Early European National Parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model / Patrick Kupper -- Framing the Heritage of Mankind : National Parks on the International Agenda / Anna-Katharina W©œbse -- Global Values, Local Politics : Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park / Brad Martin -- Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife : Radiotracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and Chitwan National Parks / Etienne Benson -- part III. Nations and Natures -- A Revolutionary Civilization : National Parks, Transnational Exchanges, and the Construction of Modern Mexico / Emily Wakild -- Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park status to Dutch Man-made Landscapes and Colonial Game Reserves / Henny van der Windt -- Globalizing Nature : National Parks, Tiger Reserves, and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India / Michael Lewis -- Slovenia's Triglav National Park : From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape / Carolin Firouzeh Roeder -- Epilogue: National Parks, Civilization and Globalization / Jane Carruthers.

Series:

The environment in history : international perspectives ; 1

ISBN:

0857455257 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780857455253 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)776508841

LCCN:

2012001636

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)