Nature's ghosts : confronting extinction from the age of Jefferson to the age of ecology / Mark V. Barrow, Jr.

Author/creator Barrow, Mark V., 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Descriptionxi, 497 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Bones of contention: the American incognitum and the discovery of extinction -- Paradise lost: unraveling the mysteries of insular species -- Sounding the alarm about continent-wide wildlife extinction -- Nationalism, nostalgia, and the campaign to save the bison -- Going global: the American committee and the first inventory of extinction -- The Latin American turn: nature protection in the Western Hemisphere -- Enter ecology: preserving nature's living laboratory -- Reconsidering raptors during the interwar years -- Salvation through science?: the first life-history studies of endangered species -- "The nation's first responsibility": saving endangered species in the age of ecology.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008049085
ISBN9780226038148 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226038149 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QL84.2 .B377 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold