Wild by design : the rise of ecological restoration

Wild by design : the rise of ecological restoration / Laura J. Martin.

"Restoration has been a touchstone of United States environmentalism since the beginning of the twentieth century. Diverging from popular ideas about preservation, which romanticized nature as an Eden to be left untouched by human hands, and conservation, the managed use of natural resources, r...

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Main Author: Martin, Laura J., 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Restoration ecology > United States > History > 20th century.
Restoration ecology > United States > History > 21st century.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > United States > History > 20th century.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > United States > History > 21st century.
Environmental responsibility > United States > History > 20th century.
Environmental responsibility > United States > History > 21st century.
Réhabilitation (Écologie) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Réhabilitation (Écologie) > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Responsabilité environnementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Responsabilité environnementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
Environmental responsibility
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Restoration ecology
United States
Climate change.
Conservation biology.
Ecological society of America.
Endangered species.
Environmental history.
Radioecology.
Restoration ecology.
Rewilding.
Species reintroduction.
environmental conservation.
environmental protection.
environmental studies.
History
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https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674275829?locatt=mode:legacy
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674275829
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Cultivating wildness
  • Part I. Reservations, 1900-1945: Uncle Sam's reservations
  • Ecology in the public service
  • An outdoor laboratory
  • Part II. Recovery, 1945-1970: Atoms for ecology
  • The specter of irreversible change
  • Part III. Regulation, 1970-2010: Extinct is forever
  • The mood of wild America
  • An ecological Tomorrowland
  • Epilogue: Designing the future.

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