Civilizing nature : national parks in global historical perspective /: national parks in global historical perspective. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper.
• Editors: Gissibl, Bernhard, 1976-; Höhler, Sabine; Kupper, Patrick
• Contents: Preface; List of Tables, Maps and Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements I ntroduction: Towards a Global History of National Parks ; Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper PART I: PARKS AND EMPIRES Chapter 1. Unpacking Yellowstone: The American National Park in Global Perspective; Karen Jones Chapter 2. How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies; Melissa Harper and Richard White Chapter 3. Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation: National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa; Caroline Ford Chapter 4. From Colonial Imposition to National Icon: Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park; Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells Chapter 5. A Bavarian Serengeti: Space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and Germany; Bernhard Gissibl PART II: ORGANIZATIONS AND NETWORKS Chapter 6. Translating Yellowstone: Early European National Parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model; Patrick Kupper Chapter 7. Framing the Heritage of Mankind: National Parks on the International Agend<span style="font-style: italic;">a; Anna-Katharina Wöbse Chapter 8. Global Values, Local Politics: Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park; Brad Martin Chapter 9. Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife: Radiotracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and ChitwanNational Parks; Etienne Benson ; PART III: NATIONS AND NATURES Chapter 10. A Revolutionary Civilization: National Parks, Transnational Exchanges, and the Construction of Modern Mexico; Emily Wakild Chapter 11. Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park status to Dutch Man-made Landscapes and Colonial Game Reserves; Henny van der Windt Chapter 12. Globalizing Nature: National Parks, Tiger Reserves, and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India; Michael Lewis Chapter 13. Slovenia's Triglav National Park: From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape; Carolin Firouzeh Roeder Epilogue: National Parks, Civilization and Globalization; Jane Carruthers Select Bibliography
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 333.7; National parks and reserves -- History; National parks and reserves -- Political aspects -- History; National parks and reserves -- Government policy -- History; Protected areas -- History; Environmentalism -- History; Environmental protection -- History; Globalization -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857455277
• Related ISBNs: 9780857455253
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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