Vanishing America: Species Extinction, Racial Peril, and the Origins of Conservation 0674971566, 978-0674971561

Vanishing America: Species Extinction, Racial Peril, and the Origins of Conservation 0674971566, 978-0674971561

Putting a provocative new slant on the history of U.S. conservation, Vanishing America reveals how wilderness preservati

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The Fall of the Wild: Extinction, De-Extinction, and the Ethics of Conservation 9780231548885

Ben A. Minteer calls for reflection on the ethical dilemmas of species loss and recovery in an increasingly human-driven

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Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species 9780226358338

We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim—the first

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Averting Extinction: Reconstructing Endangered Species Recovery 9780300239102

The black-footed ferret, once thought extinct, was rediscovered in Wyoming in 1981. In this book, Susan Clark tells the

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Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species 9780520929432

This benchmark volume documents in comprehensive detail a major environmental crisis: rapidly declining amphibian popula

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The Anthropology of Extinction: Essays on Culture and Species Death 9780253005458, 9780253357137, 9780253223647, 2011024026, 0253005450

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Proactive Strategies for Protecting Species: Pre-Listing Conservation and the Endangered Species Act 9780520960497

Now forty years old, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) remains a landmark act in conservation and one of the world’s most

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The Year of Peril: America in 1942 0300233787, 9780300233780

This fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World War II &qu

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The Edge of Extinction: Travels with Enduring People in Vanishing Lands 9780801455049

In The Edge of Extinction, Jules Pretty explores life and change in a dozen environments and cultures across the world,

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The Year of Peril: America in 1942 9780300252835

A fascinating chronicle of how the character of American society revealed itself under the duress of World War II

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