Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-333).
Contents:
Taking history seriously -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Outline of the book -- 4. tale of two wildernesses : Jasper National Park, meet Disney World -- The bear in the kitchen -- The palisade -- A landscape of threats -- Freak landscapes -- Restoring an idea or a place? -- Wilderness as theme -- Colonizing the imagination -- Celebration? -- One wilderness or two? -- 2. Boundary conditions -- Florid(ian) images -- Meandering ambitions : The Kissimmee River (Florida) restoration -- Beyond the ecological curtain : The Morava River restoration, Slovak Republic -- Gardening or restoration? The Robert Starbird Dorney Garden, Ontario, Canada -- Normal history -- Contingency and ideals -- 3. What is ecological restoration? -- Words and taxonomy -- The duck test -- A legacy of definitions -- Process and product -- Assisted recovery -- Management -- Historical range of variability -- Sustainable cultural practices -- Ecological integrity -- The evolution of words and worlds -- 4. Historicity and reference in ecological restoration -- Photographing the past -- Nostalgia -- Narrative continuity -- Place -- Time depth -- Reference conditions -- Taking history seriously -- The Index. Lines across the path -- Commodification -- A taut line : What kind of science do ecological restorationists require? -- The commodification of nature -- The commodification of practice -- The promise and problems of ecological restoration -- 6. Focal restoration -- Discovery Island -- Ecocultural restoration -- Focal restoration -- Ritual and restoration -- Participation in restoration -- Landscape coevolution -- 7. Nature by design -- Remembrances of landscapes past -- The ambiguity of design -- Wild design -- Restoration as conversation : A storied landscape -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.