Conservation of the environment Books

Book SynopsisThis path-breaking collection brings together environmental politics and democratic theory to reveal the deficits of citizenship and how democracy must be extended to achieve a socially just, ecologically sustainable society in Canada.Trade ReviewIn a review of three recent books on environmental policy, including Environmental Conflict and Democracy in Canada, Graeme Auld, Carleton University, School of Public Policy and Administration, says: "Taken together, these volumes are an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the complex challenges environmental problems, new and old, present, even in advanced industrial countries. * Review of Policy Research, Vol 28, Issue 1 *Table of ContentsPreface / Laurie E. Adkin1 Ecology, Citizenship, Democracy / Laurie E. Adkin2 Unsatisfactory Democracy: Conflict over Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Wheat / Peter Andrée and Lucy Sharratt3 Regulating Farm Pollution in Quebec: Environmentalists and the Union des producteurs agricoles Contest the Meaning of Sustainable Development / Nathalie Berny, Raymond Hudon, and Maxime Ouellet4 Modern Enclosure: Salmon Aquaculture and First Nations Resistance in British Columbia / Donna Harrison5 Fisheries Privatization versus Community-Based Management in Nova Scotia: Emerging Alliances between First Nations and Non-Native Fishers / Martha Stiegman6 First Nations, ENGOs, and Ontario’s Lands for Life Consultation Process / Patricia Ballamingie7 Participation, Information, and Forest Conflict in the Slocan Valley of British Columbia / Darren R. Bardati8 The Limits of Integrated Resource Management in Alberta for Aboriginal and Environmental Groups: The Northern East Slopes Sustainable Resource and Environmental Management Strategy / Colette Fluet and Naomi Krogman9 Environmental Conflict and Democracy in Bella Coola: Political Ecology on the Margins of Industria / William T. Hipwell10 Privatization, Deregulation, and Environmental Protection: The Case of Provincial Parks in Newfoundland and Labrador / Jim Overton11 Managing Conflict in Alberta: The Case of Forest Certification and Citizen Committees / John R. Parkins12 Beyond the Reach of Democracy? The University and Institutional Citizenship / Jason Found and R. Michael M’Gonigle13 The Myth of Citizen Participation: Waste Management in the Fundy Region of New Brunswick / Susan W. Lee14 Neo-liberalism, Water, and First Nations / Michael Mascarenhas15 Contesting Development, Democracy, and Justice in the Red Hill Valley / Jane Mulkewich and Richard Oddie16 Instant Gentrification: Social Inequality and Brownfields Redevelopment in Downtown Toronto / Cheryl Teelucksingh17 Taking a Stand in Exurbia: Environmental Movements to Preserve Nature and Resist Sprawl / Gerda R. Wekerle, L. Anders Sandberg, and Liette Gilbert18 Democracy from the Trenches: Environmental Conflicts and Ecological Citizenship / Laurie E. AdkinReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis text traces the interaction between humans and the Canadian landscape, from the arrival of the first peoples to our current environmental crisis.Trade ReviewMacDowell…mounts an impressive summary of how Canadian history has been rethought from an environment perspective over the last 40 years. She demonstrates this with a copiously illustrated and well-referenced exploration of the evolution of Canada’s landscape over millennia…a very accessible text for students and general readers, with excellent maps, illustrations, information boxes, and rich bibliographies for each chapter. Highly recommended. -- B. Osborne, Queen's University at Kingston * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Aboriginal Peoples and Settlers1 Encountering a New Land2 Settling the Land and Transforming the “Wilderness”Part 2: Industrialism, Reform, and Infrastructure3 Early Cities and Urban Reform4 The Conservation Movement5 Mining Resources6 Cars, Consumerism, and SuburbsPart 3: Harnessing Nature, Harming Nature7 Changing Energy Regimes8 Water9 The Contested World of Food and AgriculturePart 4: The Environmental Era10 The Environmental Movement and Public Policy11 Parks and Wildlife12 Coastal Fisheries13 The North and Climate ChangeConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisDespite the popular assumption that wildlife conservation is a recent phenomenon, it emerged over a century and a half ago in an era more closely associated with wildlife depletion than preservation. In Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, Darcy Ingram explores the combination of NGOs, fish and game clubs, and state-administered leases that formed the basis of a unique system of wildlife conservation in North America. However, these early strategies were not as forward-focused as they appear. Ingram traces the emergence of a lease-based regulatory system that blended elite forms of sport and conservation. Applied first to British North America's prized salmon rivers, this system came to encompass the bulk of Quebec's hunting and fishing territories. Inspired by a longstanding belief in progress, improvement, and social order based on European as well as North American models, this system effectively privatized Quebec's fish and game resources, often to the detrimTable of ContentsContentsForeword: What You See Depends upon Where (and How) You Look / Graeme WynnIntroductionPart 1: Beginnings, 1840-801 The New Regulatory Environment2 Salmon, Sport, and the Lower St. Lawrence3 ConflictPart 2: Expansion, Consolidation, and Continuity, 1880-19144 From Public Space to Private Power5 The Evolution of Patrician Culture6 Opposition, Resistance, and the New CenturyConclusionAppendicesNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the popular assumption that wildlife conservation is a recent phenomenon, it emerged over a century and a half ago in an era more closely associated with wildlife depletion than preservation. In Wildlife, Conservation, and Conflict in Quebec, Darcy Ingram explores the combination of NGOs, fish and game clubs, and state-administered leases that formed the basis of a unique system of wildlife conservation in North America. However, these early strategies were not as forward-focused as they appear. Ingram traces the emergence of a lease-based regulatory system that blended elite forms of sport and conservation. Applied first to British North America's prized salmon rivers, this system came to encompass the bulk of Quebec's hunting and fishing territories. Inspired by a longstanding belief in progress, improvement, and social order based on European as well as North American models, this system effectively privatized Quebec's fish and game resources, often to the detrimTable of ContentsContentsForeword: What You See Depends upon Where (and How) You Look / Graeme WynnIntroductionPart 1: Beginnings, 1840-801 The New Regulatory Environment2 Salmon, Sport, and the Lower St. Lawrence3 ConflictPart 2: Expansion, Consolidation, and Continuity, 1880-19144 From Public Space to Private Power5 The Evolution of Patrician Culture6 Opposition, Resistance, and the New CenturyConclusionAppendicesNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisTemagami's Tangled Wild traces the processes and power relationships through which the Temagami area of northeastern Ontario has become emblematic of Canadian wilderness. In this sophisticated analysis, Jocelyn Thorpe uncovers how struggles over meaning, racialized and gendered identities, and land have made Temagami a site of wild Canadian nature. Despite the fact that the Teme-Augama Anishnabai have for many generations understood the region as their homeland rather than as a wilderness, the forestry and tourism industries, as well as Canadian law, have refused to acknowledge this claim. Instead, the concept of wilderness has been employed to aid in Aboriginal dispossession and to create a home for non-Aboriginal Canadians on Native land.An eloquent critique and engaging history, Temagami's Tangled Wild challenges readers to acknowledge how colonial relations are embedded in our notions of wilderness, and to reconsider our understanding of the wilderness iTrade ReviewThe book’s short length and clear writing, which make it ideal for teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels, belie not only this ambitious objective but also Thorpe’s carefully theorizing and rich historical detail. -- Rosemary-Claire Collard * The Goose, Issue 11, 2012 *Table of ContentsForeword: Nature and Nation in a “Little Known District amid the Wilds of Canada” / Graeme WynnIntroduction: Welcome to n’Daki Menan (“Our Land”)1 Tangled Wild2 Timber Nature3 Virgin Territory for the Sportsman4 A Rocky Reserve5 Legal Landscapes6 Conclusion: A Return to n’Daki MenanNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisBlue-Green Province provides the first comprehensive study of environmental policy in Ontario and explores what lessons on the future of environmental and economic policy in Canada might be learned from this province’s experience.Table of Contents1 Introduction2 The Environment and the Dynasty3 The Environment and Ontario’s Quiet Revolution4 Sustainable Development, Restructuring, and Recession5 The Environment and the Common Sense Revolution6 From Walkerton to McGuinty7 The Dynasty Redux?8 ConclusionsEpilogue: The October 2011 Election and Its Implications for Ontario’s Environment and EconomyAppendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisIn its careful account of eco/feminist activism in Clayoquot Sound in the early 1990s, The Changing Nature of Eco/Feminism confounds prevailing stories about eco/feminism, feminism, and Clayoquot itself.Table of ContentsPreface: “She Goes On and On and On”1 Rethinking Eco/Feminism through Clayoquot Sound2 Eco/Feminist Genealogies: Essentialism, Universalism, and Telling (Trans)national Histories3 Eco/Feminism and the Question of Nature4 Clayoquot Histories: Our Home and Native Land?5 “It was like a war zone”: The Clayoquot Peace Camp and the Gendered Politics of (Non)Violence6 Mothers, Grandmothers, and Other Queers in Eco/Feminist Activism7 Romanticizing the (Gendered) Nature of Childhood?8 Unnatural Histories: Mother Nature, Family Trees, and Other Human-Nature Relationships9 Eco/Feminism and the Changing Nature of FeminismAppendixNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisA detailed account of the complex and contested process that resulted in the establishment of the Great Bear Rainforest in coastal British Columbia.Trade ReviewThis is an extremely important book, not only for explaining how collaboration has been achieved at a regional scale in mid- and north BC, but also as a symbol and example of what is possible in seemingly intractable conservation “stand-offs.” It will repay study by students of environmental history and by all involved in that wide-reaching, all-encompassing field of environmental politics. -- Ken Atkinson, University of York St John * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 1, Spring 2016 *Table of ContentsForeword: Rethinking Environmentalism / Graeme WynnIntroduction1 Where in the World Is the Great Bear? Problematizing British Columbia’s Coastal Forests2 Grizzlies Growl at the International Market: Circulating a Panorama of the Great Bear Rainforest3 Negotiating with the Enemy: Articulating a Common Matter of Concern4 Mobilizing Allies and Reconciling InterestsConclusionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to understanding the crucial role estuaries play in the salmonid life cycle and what can be done to conserve – and recover – this important fish habitat.Trade ReviewEcology of Salmonids in Estuaries around the World has been sorely needed to complement the syntheses on the freshwater and ocean ecology of salmonids. It is written for a diverse array of users, and I highly recommend it to graduate and undergraduate students, salmonid scientists and managers, citizen scientists (there is a primer in Appendix 3 written especially for this group), and conservationists. -- Kurt L. Fresh, National Marine Fisheries Service * Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, No. 155 *[Levings'] travels and consultation with colleagues enabled [him] to write a book that fills an important gap in the knowledge of estuarine ecology and suitability for the support of salmonid populations. Most large estuaries also serve as harbors for ship traffic and have huge human populations. These factors have affected the fishes to the point where many species have undergone drastic population decreases. This conservation problem is skillfully discussed by the author. In addition to its considerable scientific value, this handsome volume is well written and illustrated. It is a credit to the author and the University of British Columbia Press. Summing Up: Recommended -- J. C. Briggs, Oregon State University * CHOICE, April 2017 *The book seamlessly transitions from descriptions of the different types of estuaries, based on their morphological composition and specific attributes, to the behaviour of several salmonid species including their interactions with other species within estuarian environments … calling on a lifetime of estuarian studies, Levings details adaptations to field study techniques and strategies, and their limitations, employed in British Columbia and around the world. -- Bert Ionson * The Ormsby Review *… there is much to be learned about both fish ecology and physical oceanography/limnology from this book, which will interest many readers, even those without any specific affinity for salmonids … It is clear that Levings’s long career dedicated to researching estuarine biology contributes greatly to the detail contained within the book … potentially making it an important reference for early career salmonid researchers or others developing research agendas on the topic. -- Robert J. Lennox, Carleton University * Canadian Field-Naturalist *Colin Levings has distilled his vast knowledge from a lifetime of work on estuarine processes and salmonid ecology into a clear, concise and accessible book for a wide audience. -- Francis Juanes et. al * Fish and Fisheries *I recommend that those studying estuaries consider purchasing this reasonably priced book. It provides a comprehensive review of what is known about salmonid estuaries, as well as recommendations for future work. -- Jim Irvine, Fisheries and Oceans Canada * NPAFC Newsletter No. 41, January 2017 *Table of ContentsPreface1 Why a Focus on Salmonids in Estuaries?2 What Salmonids and Estuaries to Consider3 Salmonid’s-Eye View of the Estuary: Physical, Chemical, and Geological Aspects4 What Habitats are Used by Salmonids in Estuaries?5 Global Distribution of Salmonid Species and Local Salmonid Diversity in Estuaries6 How Have Salmonid Abundance and Distribution Been Assessed in Estuaries?7 How Do Salmonids Behave in Estuary Habitat?8 Salmonid Growth in the Estuary9 Smolting and Osmoregulation10 Habitat-Based Food Webs Supporting Salmonids in the Natural Estuary11 Biotic Interactions in the Natural Estuary12 How Have Habitat and Water Properties Changed for Salmonids in Estuaries?13 Salmonid Survival in Estuaries14 Effects of Habitat and Community Change on Fitness Components for Survival in the Disrupted Estuary15 Harvesting and Production of Salmonids and Other Ecosystem Services Provided by the Estuary16 Health of Salmonids in Estuaries17 What Shapes an Estuary for Salmonids?18 Future Considerations for Conservation of Salmonids in Estuaries19 ConclusionGlossary; References; Index

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Book SynopsisAs environmental deterioration became a major political issue near the end of the twentieth century, activists in Nova Scotia stood together to defend the places they called home. They cooperated to protect local environments and economies, but they disagreed about the causes of environmental problems, the role of humanity in nature, and the place of environmentalists in the political process.In Defence of Home Places examines the diversity of environmental activism in Nova Scotia, illustrating how radicals and conservatives combined efforts to achieve early legislative and social success. It also chronicles the debates and disagreements over fundamental principles that then weakened and divided the powerful environmental movement. Placing the evolution of Nova Scotian environmental activism within a broader theoretical framework, Mark R. Leeming considers its development in national and international contexts, examining the environmental movement itself alongTrade Review... Leeming has produced an important work that will require environmental historians and others to rethink their approach to the growth of modern environmentalism in Canada. The shift in focus away from the big organizations and from the national to the provincial level, combined with a meticulous mapping out of linkages between myriad groups, culminates in a significant contribution to the burgeoning historiography on environmentalism. -- Mark McLaughlin, Department of History & the Canadian-American Center, University of Maine * NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment *In Defense of Home Places is a little book that encourages us to think big … The appearance of ‘Home Places’ in the title is telling; it speaks to the concept of environmental localism, that jealous love of place, the intimate, sensory, psycho-social relationship with specific settings that so often underlies environmental activism … In Defense of Home Places posits the notion that there is no single history of environmentalism in Atlantic Canada … Leeming’s admirable study has given us Nova Scotia’s experience. It represents a friendly challenge to others to unearth the remaining Atlantic Canadian experiences. -- Edward MacDonald, University of Prince Edward Island * Acadiensis *Table of ContentsForeword: Environmental Action and the Question of Scale / Graeme WynnIntroduction1 At Home and Abroad: The Genesis of Environmentalism2 The Two MECs: Anti-Nuclear Environmentalism3 Power from the People: The Anti-Chemical Campaigns4 Two Environmentalisms: Uranium and Radicalism5 Watermelons and Market Greens: Legacies of Early ActivismNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAs environmental deterioration became a major political issue near the end of the twentieth century, activists in Nova Scotia stood together to defend the places they called home. They cooperated to protect local environments and economies, but they disagreed about the causes of environmental problems, the role of humanity in nature, and the place of environmentalists in the political process.In Defence of Home Places examines the diversity of environmental activism in Nova Scotia, illustrating how radicals and conservatives combined efforts to achieve early legislative and social success. It also chronicles the debates and disagreements over fundamental principles that then weakened and divided the powerful environmental movement. Placing the evolution of Nova Scotian environmental activism within a broader theoretical framework, Mark R. Leeming considers its development in national and international contexts, examining the environmental movement itself alongTrade Review... Leeming has produced an important work that will require environmental historians and others to rethink their approach to the growth of modern environmentalism in Canada. The shift in focus away from the big organizations and from the national to the provincial level, combined with a meticulous mapping out of linkages between myriad groups, culminates in a significant contribution to the burgeoning historiography on environmentalism. -- Mark McLaughlin, Department of History & the Canadian-American Center, University of Maine * NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment *In Defense of Home Places is a little book that encourages us to think big … The appearance of ‘Home Places’ in the title is telling; it speaks to the concept of environmental localism, that jealous love of place, the intimate, sensory, psycho-social relationship with specific settings that so often underlies environmental activism … In Defense of Home Places posits the notion that there is no single history of environmentalism in Atlantic Canada … Leeming’s admirable study has given us Nova Scotia’s experience. It represents a friendly challenge to others to unearth the remaining Atlantic Canadian experiences. -- Edward MacDonald, University of Prince Edward Island * Acadiensis *Table of ContentsForeword: Environmental Action and the Question of Scale / Graeme WynnIntroduction1 At Home and Abroad: The Genesis of Environmentalism2 The Two MECs: Anti-Nuclear Environmentalism3 Power from the People: The Anti-Chemical Campaigns4 Two Environmentalisms: Uranium and Radicalism5 Watermelons and Market Greens: Legacies of Early ActivismNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisStretching across Ontario, Manitoba, and Minnesota, the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake basin spans boundaries and jurisdictions. Levelling the Lake explores a century and a half of social, economic, and legal arrangements through which the resources and environment of the Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake watershed have been harnessed and harmed. Jamie Benidickson traces the environmental consequences of mining, forest industries, commercial fishing, hydro-electricity production, and recreation, as well as their often unanticipated impacts on local residents, including Indigenous communities, which encouraged new legal and institutional responses. Assessing the transition from primary resource extraction toward sustainable development at a watershed level, Levelling the Lake also shows how interjurisdictional and transboundary issues many involving the Canada-US International Joint Commission continue to play a significant role throughout the region.Trade ReviewBenidickson shows how the many controversies and challenges—from the early negotiations around leveling the lake, to the Winnipeg water problems, the search for answers to the mercury crisis, and the need for a bridge and road to address the living conditions of the Shoal Lake band, illustrate how essential and necessary multi-agency solutions have been for the problems of the Lake of the Woods basin. -- Francis M. Carroll, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba * Prairie History *Benedickson’s story embraces the field of environmental history. -- Mark Kuhlberg, Social HistoryBenidickson shows how the many controversies and challenges—from the early negotiations around leveling the lake, to the Winnipeg water problems, the search for answers to the mercury crisis, and the need for a bridge and road to address the living conditions of the Shoal Lake band—illustrate how essential and necessary multi-agency solutions have been for the problems of the Lake of the Woods basin. -- Francis M. Carroll, St. John’s College, University of Manitoba * Prairie History *Jamie Benidickson injects subtle ironic humour throughout [Levelling the Lake], but readers not interested in water or history may find it a long, hard haul … but ultimately this is a rewarding read, perhaps best appreciated as an unfolding story … while subdued in tone, Levelling the Lake offers a valuable analysis on how ecosystems and relations between people can decline from one generation to the next … the book quietly and forcibly puts into relief how long-term economic and social security can be assured only through mutual trust among peoples, along with the proper maintenance and re- establishment of ecological balance. -- Robert Sandford * Literary Review of Canada *This lengthy, erudite, and often (necessarily) dense manuscript details the environmental and social consequences of resource development in numerous sectors: fish, water levels, hydropower, pollution, logging, mining, recreation, etc. -- Daniel MacfarlaneBenidickson is to be congratulated for both the depth and quality of his research. His understanding of the complex legal and constitutional frameworks which have been imposed upon this region from the 1860s to the present is outstanding. [...]This is an important work – and a pioneering one at that. -- Jim Mochoruk * NiCHE *Table of ContentsForeword by Graeme WynnIntroduction1 Building Boundaries2 Cultural, Commercial, and Constitutional Fishing3 This Land Is My Land – It Can’t Be Your Land4 Water Rights and Water Powers5 Pulp and Paper: From Emergence to Emergency6 Bacterial Waterways7 Levelling the Lake8 Power Struggles9 Economy and Ecology10 We Are All in This Together11 "Slowly to the Rescue as a Community Fails"12 Lumbering towards Sustainability13 Fishing Contests14 "For Water Knows No Borders"Conclusion: Finding the WatershedNotes; Suggested Readings; Index

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Book SynopsisThese captivating reflections on the history of our environment and ourselves will make you think differently not only about Canada’s past but also about our future.Trade ReviewAnd what a showcase it is. Yet another accomplishment of indefatigable editors… -- Ruth Morgan, director, Centre for Environmental History at Australian National University * NiCHE *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Nature and Nation / Graeme Wynn2 Painting the Map Red / Graeme Wynn3 Listening for Different Stories / Julie Cruikshank4 Eldorado North? / Stephen J. Hornsby and Graeme Wynn5 Back to the Land / Colin M. Coates6 Nature We Cannot See / Graeme Wynn7 The Wealth of Wilderness / Claire E. Campbell8 Imagining the City / Michèle Dagenais9 Never Just a Hole in the Ground / Arn Keeling and John Sandlos10 Every Creeping Thing … / Ken Cruikshank11 The Power of Canada / Steve Penfold12 Questions of Scale / Tina Loo13 A Gendered Sense of Nature / Joanna Dean14 Advocates and Activists / Graeme Wynn, with Jennifer Bonnell15 Climates of Our Times / Liza Piper16 Time Chased Me Down, and I Stopped Looking Away / Heather E. McGregorIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores the character traits and virtues required for Christians to be responsible keepers of the earth and to flourish in the challenging decades to come.Table of ContentsContents Introduction: Ecological Ethics Reframed 1. Mapping the Territory: On Virtue and Vice 2. Living with Amazement and Modesty: Wonder and Humility 3. Living with Strength of Mind and Discernment: Self-Control and Wisdom 4. Living with Respect and Care: Justice and Love 5. Living with Fortitude and Expectation: Courage and Hope 6. Digging In: Becoming a Person of Character Appendix: A Brief Survey of Christian Environmental Virtue Ethics Indexes

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Book SynopsisTo meet the demand for a timely synthesis of monarch biology, conservation and outreach, Monarchs in a Changing World summarizes recent developments in scientific research, highlights challenges and responses to threats to monarch conservation, and showcases the many ways that monarchs are used in citizen science programs, outreach, and education.Trade ReviewMonarch butterflies, by being so familiar to so many, provide an immediate connection between readers and research. That connection can overcome the small patches of difficult prose. With 926 citations of scientific papers and a 463-entry index, this book will help advance thework of established researchers and give others an awareness of the breadth and limits of the knowledge of the monarch butterfly. -- G.C. Stevens * Choice *Table of ContentsPart One. Model Programs for Citizen Science, Education, and Conservation: An Overview Karen S. Oberhauser1. Environmental Education and Monarchs: Reaching across Disciplines, Generations, and Nations Elisabeth Young-Isebrand, Karen S. Oberhauser, Kim Bailey, Sonya Charest, Brian Hayes, Elizabeth Howard, Jim Lovett, Susan Meyers, Erik Mollenhauer, Eneida B. Montesiños-Patino, Ann Ryan, Orley R. Taylor, and Rocío Treviño2. Contributions to Monarch Biology and Conservation through Citizen Science: Seventy Years and Counting Karen S. Oberhauser, Leslie Ries, Sonia Altizer, Rebecca V. Batalden, Janet Kudell-Ekstrum, Mark Garland, Elizabeth Howard, Sarina Jepsen, Jim Lovett, Mía Monroe, Gail Morris, Eduardo Rendón-Salinas, Richard G. RuBino, Ann Ryan, Orley R. Taylor, Rocío Treviño, Francis X. Villablanca, and Dick Walton3. Monarch Habitat Conservation across North America: Past Progress and Future Needs Priya C. Shahani, Guadalupe del Río Pesado, Phil Schappert, and Eligio García SerranoPart Two. Monarchs as Herbivores, Prey, and Hosts: An Overview Jacobus C. de Roode4. Macroevolutionary Trends in the Defense of Milkweeds against Monarchs: Latex, Cardenolides, and Tolerance of Herbivory Anurag A. Agrawal, Jared G. Ali, Sergio Rasmann, and Mark Fishbein5. Invertebrate Natural Enemies and Stage-Specific Mortality Rates of Monarch Eggs and Larvae Alma De Anda and Karen S. Oberhauser6. Lacewings, Wasps, and Flies—Oh My: Insect Enemies Take a Bite out of Monarchs Karen S. Oberhauser, Michael Anderson, Sophia Anderson, Wendy Caldwell, Alma De Anda, Mark Hunter, Matthew C. Kaiser, and Michelle J. Solensky7. Monarchs and Their Debilitating Parasites: Immunity, Migration, and Medicinal Plant Use Sonia Altizer and Jacobus C. de RoodePart Three. Monarchs in a Changing Climate: An Overview Kelly R. Nail and Karen S. Oberhauser8. What's Too Hot and What’s Too Cold? Lethal and Sublethal Effects of Extreme Temperatures on Developing Monarchs Kelly R. Nail, Rebecca V. Batalden, and Karen S. Oberhauser9. Microclimatic Protection of Overwintering Monarchs Provided by Mexico’s High-Elevation Oyamel Fir Forests: A Review Ernest H. Williams and Lincoln P. Brower10. Effect of the 2010–2011 Drought on the Lipid Content of Monarchs Migrating through Texas to Overwintering Sites in Mexico Lincoln P. Brower, Linda S. Fink, Ridlon J. Kiphart, Victoria Pocius, Raúl R. Zubieta, and M. Isabel Ramírez11. Estimating the Climate Signal in Monarch Population Decline: No Direct Evidence for an Impact of Climate Change? Myron P. Zalucki, Lincoln P. Brower, Stephen B. Malcolm, and Benjamin H. SlagerPart Four. Conserving North American Monarch Butterflies: An Overview Lincoln P. Brower and Linda S. Fink12. Understanding and Conserving the Western North American Monarch Population Sarina Jepsen and Scott Hoffman Black13. Threats to the Availability of Overwintering Habitat in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve: Land Use and Climate Change M. Isabel Ramírez, Cuauhtémoc Sáenz-Romero, Gerald Rehfeldt, and Lidia Salas-Canela14. Monarch Butterflies and Agriculture John M. Pleasants15. Fires and Fire Management in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Héctor Martínez-Torres, Mariana Cantú-Fernández, M. Isabel Ramírez, and Diego R. Pérez-Salicrup16. Project Milkweed: A Strategy for Monarch Habitat Conservation Brianna Borders and Eric Lee-Mäder17. Grassland and Roadside Management Practices Affect Milkweed Abundance and Opportunities for Monarch Recruitment Kristen A. Baum and Elisha K. MuellerPart Five. New Perspectives on Monarch Migration, Evolution, and Population Biology: An Overview Andrew K. Davis and Sonia Altizer18. Tracking the Fall Migration of Eastern Monarchs with Journey North Roost Sightings: New Findings about the Pace of Fall Migration Elizabeth Howard and Andrew K. Davis19. Potential Changes in Eastern North American Monarch Migration in Response to an Introduced Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica Rebecca V. Batalden and Karen S. Oberhauser20. Migration and Host Plant Use by the Southern Monarch, Danaus erippus Stephen B. Malcolm and Benjamin H. Slager21. Monarchs in the Mist: New Perspectives on Monarch Distribution in the Pacific Northwest Robert Michael Pyle22. Monarchs across the Atlantic Ocean: What’s Happening on the Other Shore? Juan Fernández-Haeger, Diego Jordano, and Myron P. Zalucki23. Unraveling the Mysteries of Monarch Migration and Global Dispersal through Molecular Genetic Techniques Amanda A. Pierce, Sonia Altizer, Nicola L. Chamberlain, Marcus R. Kronforst, and Jacobus C. de Roode24. Connecting Eastern Monarch Population Dynamics across Their Migratory Cycle Leslie Ries, Douglas J. Taron, Eduardo Rendón-Salinas, and Karen S. OberhauserReferences Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn Heading Out, Young takes the reader out into nature and explores with them the history of camping in the United States.Trade ReviewThe great strength of this book is that it distinguishes 'noneconomic social relations, science, and technology, values, attitudes and beliefs' in camping pilgrimages from the scenic, sublime, and transcendental nature that earlier generations sought.... Young writes with an accessible yet confident prose that will engage readers of differing interests. Embedded in each chapter are fascinating revelations... [that] Young has carefully researched and wonderfully written. * Pacific Historical Review *While searching for the meaning of camping, Young concludes it is a pilgrimage activity—not religious, but an experience where people leave home, travel somewhere as an act of devotion, and return home changed. This focus led Young to one of the book's key insights: that camping is as much about leaving somewhere as it is about going to another place. This book's vignettes are well researched and provide interesting details that drive the narrative. * Western Historical Quarterly *Terence Young's new book Heading Out: A History of American Camping, a major contribution to ongoing studies of camping, takes us on a satisfying multi-stop excursion through the question of why—for more than two centuries—North Americans have voluntarily left home to carry packs, pitch tents, and park travel trailers in the name of recreation. Along the way, Young provides deep insights into the diverse modes, meaning, and implications of American camping, with the idea that this practice moves us out of ordinary life—not necessarily into the natural, but away from the urban. * Social & Cultural Geography *Carefully written and highly readable. * Journal of Sport History *The book is richly illustrated with campground plans and photographs.... Young has made an important contribution to camping history, and Heading Out will encourage land use professionals, environmental historians, and camping enthusiasts to hit the road, trail, and archives for more adventure. * American Historical Review *Young offers a fascinating evolution of camping from the 1860s to the present.... Heading Out will engage and delight. Camping enthusiasts, backpackers, nature lovers, and scholars will enjoy and learn from this work. It is a satisfying read. * Environmental History *[Heading out] is deeply researched in archives around the nation and in a truly impressive body of published primary sources including newspapers, magazines, and camping guides. By investigating topics such as how almost all campgrounds came to have nearly the same basic layout or why backpacking trails came to be so popular, Young encourages readers to think about one of their ordinary activities in historical terms and to conceive themselves as actors in one moment of a long-term national drama. In that drama, Americans began to think of living outdoors as fun instead of a hardship, and camping came to take on religious, nationalist, and social well-being implications in U.S. society. Importantly, Young relates all this in a thoroughly engaging narrative. The book is superbly organized and cleverly written in crystal clear prose, making it a fast and easy read. * AAG Review of Books *Heading Out provides a fascinating and engagingly written look at the history of sleeping out-of-doors in the United States.... From scholars to thru-hikers, everyone who has slept outdoors or is interested in Americans' relationship to the natural world will find Young's work an engrossing read and will rethink what it means to sleep outside. For the field of public history, Young's work gives intellectual weight to recreational pursuits and urges scholars to think critically about the long, often political, history of the outdoor activities in which Americans have long participated. For a public audience, Heading Out helps readers interrogate why, how, and with what gear they choose to spend the night out of doors. * The Public Historian *A lively, expansive, deeply researched, and rewarding exploration of how and why Americans have gone camping since the Civil War.... Students, scholars, and outdoor enthusiasts will all learn from it and enjoy the ride along the way. * Historical Geography *Anyone who has studied the American conservation movement has doubtless come across references to camping.... What are its origins? What accounts for its popularity? How has the practice of camping evolved over time? Thanks to Terence Young, we now have a volume devoted specifically to this uniquely American pastime – one that is as entertaining as it is enlightening.... There is something for everybody in this meticulously researched and fascinating story of American camping. * Geographical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Roughing It Smoothly1. Adventures in the Wilderness: William H. H. Murray and the Beginning of Recreational Camping2. The Art of Camping: Roughing It during the Decades before Automobiles3. Let's Hit the Motor-Camping Trail: The Automobile Transforms Camping4. The Garage in the Forest: E. P. Meinecke and the Development of the Modern Auto Campground5. Liberalizing the Campground: W. J. Trent Jr. and the Struggle against National Park Segregation6. A Clearer Picture of This Country: Trailer Camping to Discover America7. A Renewal of Our Faith and Ideals: The Development of Backpacking and Long-Distance TrailsEpilogue: The Decline and Promise of American Camping

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive synthesis of past, current, and potential future conditions regarding atmospheric sulfur, nitrogen oxides, ammonium, and mercury deposition; surface water chemistry; soil chemistry; forests; and aquatic biota in New York.Trade Review"This volume is an essential resource for those interested in science that supports policy about sulfur, nitrogen, and mercury pollution in New York and beyond. Timothy J. Sullivan is well suited to explain this scientific topic, having been part of its history. The science of environmental response and recovery is even more critical in the United States today in an era of climate change, as well as around the world as nations like China struggle with similar environmental challenges in a growing economy." -- Ivan Fernandez, Distinguished Maine Professor in the School of Forest Resources and the Climate Change Institute at the University of MaineTable of Contents1 Background and Purpose1.1.Atmospheric Deposition in New York1.2. Air Quality Management1.2.1. Clean Air Act1.2.2. Regional Haze Rule1.2.3. Federal Water Pollution Control Act1.2.4. Other Legislation1.3. Ecosystem Functions and Services1.4. Goals and Objectives2. Resource Sensitivity to Atmospheric Deposition2.1. Geology2.2. Soils2.3. Forest Vegetation2.4. Hydrology and Hydrodynamics2.5. Wetlands2.6. Surface Water2.6.1. Streams and Lakes2.6.1.1. Acid-Base Chemistry2.6.1.2. Nutrients2.6.2. Estuaries and Near-Coastal Marine Waters3. Principal Stressors3.1. Sulfur, Nitrogen, and Mercury Emissions and Deposition3.1.1. Sulfur Emissions and Deposition3.1.1.1. Sulfur Emissions into the Atmosphere3.1.1.2. Sulfur Deposition3.1.2. Nitrogen Oxide and Ammonia Emissions and Deposition3.1.2.1. Nitrogen Emissions into the Atmosphere3.1.2.2. Nitrogen Deposition and Other Watershed N Sources3.1.3. Mercury Emissions and Deposition3.1.3.1. Mercury Emissions into the Atmosphere3.1.3.2. Mercury Deposition3.2. Watershed Disturbance3.2.1. Timber Harvest and Fire3.2.2. Land Use Change3.2.3. Invasive Species3.2.4. Other Disturbances3.2.5. Multiple Stress Response3.3. Mercury Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification3.4. Climate Change3.4.1. Influence of Soil Freezing on N Cycling3.4.2. Extreme Events4. Chemical Effects of Atmospheric Deposition4.1. Sulfur4.1.1. Upland Sulfur Cycling Processes4.1.2. Wetland Sulfur Cycling Processes4.1.3. Surface Water Sulfur Cycling Processes4.2. Nitrogen4.2.1. Upland Nitrogen Cycling Processes4.2.2. Wetland Nitrogen Cycling Processes4.2.3. Fresh Surface Water Nitrogen Cycling Processes4.2.4. Coastal Nitrogen Cycling Processes4.2.5. Nitrogen Saturation4.3. Dissolved Organic Carbon4.3.1. Upland Processes4.3.2. Wetland Processes4.3.3. Surface Water Processes4.4. Base Cations and Aluminum4.4.1. Upland Processes4.4.2. Wetland and Surface Water Processes4.5. Acid-Base Interactions4.5.1. Soil-Water Interactions4.5.2. Upland Processes4.5.3. Base Cation Depletion4.5.4. Wetland and Surface Water Processes4.5.4.1. Chronic Acidification Processes4.5.4.2. Episodic Acidification Processes4.6. Nutrient Interactions4.6.1. Terrestrial Effects4.6.2. Wetland Effects4.6.3... Surface Water Effects4.6.3.1. High Elevation Lakes4.6.3.2. Great Lakes4.6.3.3. Coastal Waters4.7. Mercury Interactions4.7.1... Upland Processes4.7.2... Wetland Processes4.7.3... Surface Water Processes5. Biotic Effects of Atmospheric Deposition5.1. Terrestrial Resource Response to Acidification, Eutrophication and Mercury Input5.1.1... Red Spruce Response to Acidification5.1.2... Sugar Maple Response to Acidification5.1.3... Vegetation Response to Nitrogen Supply5.1.4... Avian Response to Acidification5.1.5... Mercury Methylation5.1.6... Effects of Mercury on Humans5.2. Effects on the Biology of Freshwater Ecosystems5.2.1... Phytoplankton5.2.2... Zooplankton5.2.3... Benthic Macroinvertebrates5.2.4... Fish5.2.4.1. Effects of Acidification on Fish5.2.4.2. Effects of Mercury on Fish5.2.4.3. Effects of Environmental Factors on Mercury Bioaccumulation in Fish5.2.5... Fish-Eating Birds and Mammals5.2.5.1. Fish-Eating Birds5.2.5.2. Fish-Eating Mammals5.2.6... Other Life Forms5.2.7... Community Metrics5.2.7.1. Taxonomic Richness5.2.7.2. Indices of Biotic Integrity5.3. Effects on Coastal Aquatic Biota5.3.1... Phytoplankton in Coastal Waters5.3.2... Submerged Aquatic Vegetation5.3.3... Shellfish and FishChapter 6. Historical Patterns of Effects6.1. Paleoecological Studies6.2. Watershed Model Hindcast Studies6.3. Recent Trends in Monitoring Data6.3.1... Wet and Dry Deposition6.3.2... Soils6.3.3... Surface Waters 6.3.3.1. Chemistry6.3.3.2. BiologyChapter 7. Extrapolation of Site-Specific Data to the Broader Region7.1. Methods of Regionalization7.2. Regionalization of Survey Data 7.3. Regionalization of Long-Term Monitoring DataChapter 8. Projected Future Responses of Sensitive Resources to Reductions in Acidic Atmospheric Deposition8.1. Modeling Approaches8.1.1... MAGIC8.1.2... PnET-BGC8.1.3... SPARROW8.1.4... WATERSN8.1.5... ASSETS8.2. Projections Based on Existing and Future Emissions ControlsChapter 9. Critical Load9.1. Approaches9.2. Critical- and Target-Load Calculations9.3. Utility to Policy Makers9.4. Linkages to Biological ResponseChapter 10. Climate Linkages10.1. Temperature10.2. Water Quantity and QualityChapter 11. Linkages with Ecosystem Services11.1. Forest and Freshwater Aquatic Resources11.2. Coastal ResourcesChapter 12. Active InterventionChapter 13. Summary and Important Data Gaps and Recommendations

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Book SynopsisIt''s impossible to grasp the whole planet or integrate all the descriptions of it. But because we live here, we have to try. This is not just an artistic compulsion or an existential yearning, still less an academic exercise. It''s a survival issue. This is the only planet we have. We''re stuck here, and we don''t own the placeit would be the height of arrogance to assume that we do. We''re tenants here, not owners, but we''re tenants with hope for a long-term tenancy. We want to extend our lease just as far as we can.from Earth: A Tenant''s ManualIn Earth: A Tenant''s Manual, the distinguished geologist Frank H. T. Rhodes, President Emeritus of Cornell University, provides a sweeping, accessible, and deeply informed guide to the home we all share, showing us how we might best preserve the Earth''s livability for ourselves and future generations. Rhodes begins by setting the scene for our active planet and explaining how its location and composition determine hTrade ReviewRhodes reviews earth science, identifies and discusses the major environmental issues currently facing societies, and describes and promotes pathways for sustainable use of Earth and its resources.... Overall, the book is highly readable. Although science is a focus, the presentation is such that anyone with an interest in environmental issues will enjoy and learn from the work. It could serve well as a text for students in an upper-division environmental issues class. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPart I. Earth Present: The Third Planet 1. The Third Planet 2. The Home Planet 3. The Rocky Planet 4. The Blue Planet 5. The Veiled Planet 6. The Hazardous Planet 7. The Ancient Planet 8. The Bountiful Planet 9. The Finite PlanetPart II. Earth Past: The Changing Planet 10. The Singular Planet 11. The Uninhabitable Planet 12. The Living Planet 13. The Warming Planet 14. The Polluted Planet 15. The Crowded PlanetPart III. Earth Future: The Sustainable Planet 16. The Sustainable Planet 17. Water as Sustenance 18. Air as Sustenance 19. Soil as Sustenance 20. Food as Sustenance 21. Energy as Sustenance 22. Materials as Sustenance 23. Prospects for Sustenance 24. Policies for SustenanceEpilogue Related Reading Index

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Book SynopsisThe tropics are the source of many of our familiar fruits, vegetables, oils, and spice, as well as such commodities as rubber and wood. Moreover, other tropical fruits and vegetables are being introduced into our markets to offer variety to our diet. Now, as tropical forests are increasingly threatened, we face a double-fold crisis: not only...Trade Review"This splendid book does much to remind us of the most significant legacy of the tropical rainforests. As repositories of germ plasm, sources of new crops and natural products, living laboratories where human ingenuity derives sustenance from the wild, these ancient forests serve not only the living but all the generations yet unborn. A vital book." -- Wade Davis, author of The Serpent and the RainbowTable of Contents1. A Threatened Resource Distribution and composition of tropical forests Centers of diversity Biodiversity, deforestation, and population growth Driving forces Crop gene pools2. Beverage and Confectionery Crops Coffee Cacao Cupuafu3. Major Fruits of the Forest Mango Citrus Pineapple Avocado Guava Papaya Sapodilla Passionfruit4. Regional Fruits Durian Rambutan Annonaceous fruits African plum Indian jujube5. Rubber, Oils, and Resins Rubber Oil palm Balsams Tropical pines6. Daily Bread Bananas and plantains Breadfruit Peach palm Sago palm7. Fuelwood, Fodder, and Woody Grasses Leucaena Bamboos8. Spices and Natural Food Colorants Clove Cinnamon and cassia Vanilla Annatto9. Nuts Cashew Brazil nut Macadamia10. A New Cornucopia The plant domestication process A starting point for the search Some crop candidates Prospects for adoption11. Conservation Strategies Ex situ conservation In situ conservation12. Realizing the Potential Conservation and sustainable development Secure resource bases Reaping the harvest Research priorities for marginal lands The quarantine bottleneck Personnel requirements Finding a way forwardAppendix 1. Domesticated Perennial Species with Wild Populations in Tropical Forests Appendix 2. Abbreviations of Institutions Involved in Collecting, Maintaining, andlor Breeding Tropical Perennial Crops Appendix 3. Common Names and Distribution of Avocado's Relatives Appendix 4. Avocado Accessions in Germplasm CollectionsReferences Index

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Book SynopsisHow can the global environment be safeguarded in the absence of a world government? In the vanguard of efforts to address this critical question, Oran R. Young draws on environmental issues to explore the nature of international governance. Young''s analysis invokes the distinction between governance, a social function involving the management of interdependent individuals or groups, and government, a set of formal organizations that makes and enforces rules.Trade ReviewAny reader interested in gaining an understanding of international cooperation, and especially why states have joined together frequently during the past few decades to address environmental problems, will find this a worthwhile book. -- Donald R. Rothwell, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney * Arctic *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe subject has needed detailed treatment for years, and I always expected the definitive study would be accomplished by a naturalist. But Peter Schmitt is a historian, and it's probably better that way after all. I guess this book is the one I've been looking for. -- John Eastman Natural HistoryTable of ContentsForeword, by John R. StilgoePrefacePreface to the First EditionIntroductionChapter 1. Back to natureChapter 2. The Literary CommuterChapter 3. Birds in the BushChapter 4. Nature FakersChapter 5. This Elegant ArtChapter 6. Keep Off the GrassChapter 7. Arcadia Comes to SchoolChapter 8. Bluebirds and BeansproutsChapter 9. The Customary ThingChapter 10. Backwoods BrotherhoodsChapter 11. Children's Fiction and the Out-of-DoorsChapter 12. The Wilderness NovelChapter 13. The Church in the WildwoodChapter 14. Nature and the CamerChapter 15. The Search for SceneryChapter 16. The Search for SolitudeChapter 17. The New FrontierNotesSelected REadings since 1969Index

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Book SynopsisRedekop, Conrad Grebel College; Mel Schmidt; Dorothy Jean Weaver, Eastern Mennonite University; Michael Yoder, Northwestern College, Iowa.Trade ReviewCreation and the Environment is a helpful, valuable contribution to the growing corpus of writing on Christianity and the environment. -- Lytton John Musselman Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith In any discussion of the environment of environmental responsibility, few elements are quite as complex and contentious as the relationship of religious belief to activities affecting the environment. Thus, it is difficult to have a useful discussion of the nature of appropriate human action towards the natural world without taking into account the extent to which several widespread views on the environment are undisputedly motivated by religious belief. Here Creation and the Environment fills a useful niche. -- Carol Medlicott Ethics, Place and the Environment A revealing and multi-disciplinary examination of one particular Christian perspective on the topic... one is left understanding the way in which a faith commitment can have specific consequences for the practical working out of a creation-caring lifestyle. -- Randolph Haluza-DeLay Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuse A rich collection of essays on a sustainable world based on Anabaptist insights. Each of the essays is important and contributes to a basic theology of nature, stewardship, population, personal behavior, and public action. I can't recommend this book too highly. -- John A. Lapp Provident Book Finder A rich and distinctive contribution to the growing literature on Christian eco-theology and environmental ethics. -- Anna Peterson WorldviewsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionsPart I. Human Activities & Their Alteration of the Creation1. Economics, Development, and Creation2. Science, Technology, and Creation3. Population Density and a Sustainable EnvironmentPart II. Anabaptist/Mennonite Life & the Environment4. God's Spirit and a Theology for Living5. Mennonites, Economics, and the Care of Creation6. The Mennonite Political Witness to the Care of CreationPart III. Anabaptists' Theological & Historial Orientation7. Creation, the Fall, and Humanity's Role in the Ecosystem8. The New Testament and the Environment: Toward a Christology for the Cosmos9. Pacifism, Nonviolence, and the Peaceful Reign of God10. An Anabaptist Mennonite Theology of Creation11. The Earth Is a Song Made VisiblePart IV. The Challenge to Take Care of the Earth12. Toward an Anabaptist/Mennonite Environmental Ethic13. The Environmental Challenge before UsAppendix A. A Letter to CongressAppendix B. Stewards in God's CreationNotesBiblographyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisFrom marsupials to bats to carnivores to cetaceans, fully one-fourth of the world''s mammals can be found on the South American continent. Rexford D. Lord provides the most vivid snapshot of South American fauna ever produced. With 252 stunning photographsmost taken by the author during his 40 years as an ecologist and mammalogist in the regionand engaging descriptions of each of the mammal families found on the continent, Lord reveals the diversity of these incredible animals.Among the mammals profiled here are the unusual and exotic spectacled bear, the capybara (the world's largest rodent), and the common llama. Lord includes such fascinating facts as details about the third eyelid of the manatee, the strange hair of sloths, how vampire bats actually feed, and the unusual lives of river dolphins. Intertwined with the facts and photographs are stories of the connection between mammals and humans in South America, including current conservation issues.This breathtaking overview will find a place in the library of anyone with interests in the fauna of the continent. Arranged according to the recognized mammal families, it will serve as a valuable reference for both students and professional mammalogists.Trade ReviewThis is a highly interesting overview of the mammalian fauna of South America, and is highly recommended to anyone interested in natural history. -- Dan R. Kunkle Wildlife Activist 2007 Anyone interested in but unfamiliar with South American mammals should find this book fascinating. -- Alfred L. Gardner Journal of Mammalian Evolution 2007 A readable account of... impressive diversity... I certainly enjoyed reading the book. -- F.E. Zachos Kiel Mammalian Biology 2008 Beautiful book. -- Francis Petter Mammalia 2008

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Book SynopsisA road map that reveals the Keystone State's most sensitive species and what can be done to manage and conserve these important natural resources, Terrestrial Vertebrates of Pennsylvania is a valuable tool for wildlife managers, conservationists, and naturalists.Trade ReviewLots of questions, but plenty of answers... If you want to become more informed about the rare animals of the Commonwealth... this book is for you. -- Rick Koval Pocono Record 2011 Terrestrial Vertebrates of Pennsylvania is a valuable tool for wildlife manangers, conservationists, and naturalists. Southeastern Naturalist 2011Table of ContentsForewordPreface AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Conservation of Terrestrial Vertebrates: An Overview and SynthesisChapter 2. Wildlife Habitat: The Key to Abundance, Distribution, and DiversityChapter 3. Pennsylvania's Wildlife Action PlanChapter 4. The Amphibians and ReptilesChapter 5. The BirdsChapter 6. The MammalsChapter 7. Critical and Emerging Issues in the Conservation of Terrestrial VertebratesAppendix Literature CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisPaul Schullery and Lee Whittlesey, both longtime students of Yellowstone National Park's complex history, present the first full account of how the fairy-tale origins of the park found universal public acceptance, and of the long process by which the myth was reconsidered and replaced with a more realistic and ultimately more satisfying story.Trade Review“A gem. . . . One can only hope that this entertaining volume, which is as much mystery as history, will be widely read, enlightening us about both the park and the pitfalls of myths.”—Robert W. Righter, South Dakota History"The discussion concerning the place of myths, legends, and solid history is thought provoking. For history graduate students it is a case study in how bureaucracy can change over a generation or two, how myths can begin, and how difficult it can be to destroy them."—Richard A. Bartlett, Oregon Historical Quarterly“This book is valuable because it offers a complex vision of the origins of the national park ideal rather than a simple campfire story, and it is accessible to general readers. It is also an interesting tale of the use, and possible misuse, of history.”—Kathy S. Mason, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society“A productive and provocative exploration of the connections among national institutions, evolving ideologies, and the symbolic power of stories. It has much to offer to those interested in the social, cultural, and scientific issues that constitute environmental studies today.”—Robert E. Walls, Journal of American Folklore“A fascinating, courageous, and curious little book.”—Outdoor News Bulletin“The book should appeal to serious students of Western history and the conservation movement as well as those more philosophically inclined.”—Mark Hertig, Nebraska HistoryTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. In Camp That Night2. A Rather Unusual Discussion3. On the Documentary Trail from Madison Junction4. Coming to Terms with Nathaniel Langford5. Altruists and Realists6. Spreading the Word7. The Debate8. It Came Out All Right!9. Leaving It All Behind10. Myth and ResponsibilityConclusion: Campfire LessonsAppendix: Known and Reported Accounts of the Washburn ExpeditionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisExamines changing perspectives toward everyday eco-disasters as reflected in the work of filmmakers from the silent era forward, with an emphasis on recent films such as Dead Ahead, Total Recall, The Devil Wears Prada, and Food, Inc. The authors evaluate not only the success of these films as rhetorical arguments but also their rhetorical strategies.Trade Review“The authors’ grasp of historical and legal context is top-notch and the book consistently connects the issues and arguments represented in the films to their potential to inspire environmental activism in the viewer. . . . A broad-based, historically detailed overview of its fascinating and relevant central theme.”—Carter Soles, Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cinematic Ecodisasters and Our Basic Human NeedsPart 1: Human Approaches to the Ecology of Air, Water, and Clothing1. At the Boiling Point: The Aesthetics of Atmospheric Pollution and Climate Change in Documentary and Feature Films2. James Bond and Water Wars in Contemporary Film: A New Ecowarrior?3. Ready to Wear? From Fashion to Environmental JusticePart 2: Ecodocumentaries and the Rhetoric of Food Production4. Contemporary Ecofood Films: The Documentary Tradition5. Flipper? We’re Eating Flipper? Documenting Animals Rights and Environmental Ethics at SeaPart 3: Negative Externalities of Housing and Energy Industries6. Give Me Shelter: The Ecology of Homes and Homelessness7. Activism in Mountaintop Removal Films: Turn Off the Lights for Sustainability8. The Search for the “Golden Shrimp”: The Myth of Interdependence in Oil Drilling FilmsConclusion: Can the Film Industry and the Environmental Movement Mix?FilmographyWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Wild Idea is a lyrical tribute to the idea of buffalo back on the plains, the rewards and challenges of putting them there. But it is so much more. It’s about all the life on the prairie, on the hardscrabble ranches and in the small towns. With this book, Dan secures his place as our modern prairie muse.”—Tom Brokaw, NBC journalist and author“Dan O’Brien’s book strikes me as a gentle but badly needed confrontation. . . . Figuring out how to realign the way we live with the health of the ecological systems that support us is the single most important challenge of the twenty-first century, and that makes O’Brien’s book an essential meditation.”—Edward Norton, actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity“Making strong, lasting connections between the rugged land and the strong people is a staple of life on the Great Plains. Dan O’Brien’s gift is helping people understand this connection and the basic and difficult truth that sustainable living is not simple; it is as matted and dense as the thick fur that defines the buffalo’s very nature.”—Tom Daschle, former U.S. senator from South Dakota and former U.S. Senate majority leader"A deeply humane book that looks at ranching as a sustainable enterprise, a way of life more than an economic engine. . . . There may be plenty of disappointments out on the Plains, but this book is not one of them."—Kirkus"[Wild Idea] is a sweet little sagebrush soap opera of extended family joys and travails."—Jim Sterba, Wall Street Journal"[Wild Idea: Buffalo and Family in a Difficult Land is] a book that elegantly explores the tension between hope and futility in one man’s effort to kindle restoration on the Great Plains."—Carson Vaughan, High Country NewsTable of ContentsNo TOC

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Book SynopsisTraces the ways in which birds have historically been seen as beautiful creatures worthy of protection and study and yet subject to experiments - scientific, literary, and governmental - that have irrevocably altered their relationship with humans. Scarlet Experiment speculates about the effects our decisions will have on the future of North American bird ecology.Trade Review"A good introduction to this vibrant literature."—Amy Coale, H-Environment"The subject of this carefully documented and well researched book is how experiments, in all senses of the word, have affected both humans and birds in America over the last two centuries."—David J. Robertson, Natural Areas Journal“The breadth and coverage of not only the science but the history and changing treatment of birds is astounding. . . . Brilliantly written.”—Heidi Marcum, senior lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science at Baylor UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Split the Lark 1. Emotion and Intelligence: The Blue Jay 2. Interpellation and Interiority: The European Starling 3. Capital and Conservation: The Red Knot 4. Nuisance and Neighbor: Canada Goose 5. Confusion and Classification: Black-Crested Titmouse or Tufted Titmouse Conclusion: The Future of Birds Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPart memoir, part research-based journalism, Flock Together is a personal exploration of the decline of avian species throughout the world, its ramifications, and what it might mean for humanity. Trade Review“Lively, passionate, melancholy, joyful, and quirky. . . . An endearing and highly readable book. . . . An ode to birds and nature, as well as to the eclectic and individual private fascinations—such as birding—that make our lives unique and worthwhile.”—Pamela Miller, Minneapolis Star Tribune “Flock Together is the highly satisfying tale of a fledgling birder. Hollars conveys an infectious sense of awe and excitement for every bird he spots. Yet this is so much more than just a catalog of sightings. It is also about the author’s entry into a community of intriguing characters—some brilliant, some eccentric, yet all bound by their fierce love for birds.”—Justin Hocking, author of The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld"A wonderful read. . . . It reminds us that while we need to strive and protect species that are at risk, we must also place value on keeping common species common."—Tianna Burke, Canadian Field-Naturalist"While world travelers gain a broad picture of our planet, Hollars illustrates the world of information and interest within a few feet of our front door."—Bill Schwab, E Missourian“You’d think that nonfiction about extinct birds would be a trip into the void, but not in B.J. Hollars’s capable hands. Hollars takes us from specimen cabinets to his own backyard in a ceaseless pursuit of birds. They become a kind of compass for human morality in Flock Together. Lest that sound too heavy, be assured there is joy here too, in the very act of being attentive.”—Christopher Cokinos, author of Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds“This book should appeal to anyone with a curiosity about the world of nature. The topics, writing, and appealing voice of the author make this volume a most engaging read.”—Joel Greenberg, author of A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction"An insightful memoir."—KirkusTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAuthor’s NotePrologue: Dodo LostPart I. Glimpsing1. The Resurrection of the Lord God Bird2. The Death List3. The Hermit and the HawkPart II. Spotting4. The Continuing Saga of the Resurrection of the Lord God Bird5. The Life List6. The Professor and the PigeonPart III. Seeing7. The Stunning Conclusion of the Continuing Saga of the Resurrection of the Lord God Bird8. The Christmas Count9. The Ghost of the GoshawkPart IV. Knowing10. Flock TogetherSourcesBibliography

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Book SynopsisIn response to the growing scale and complexity of environmental threats, this volume collects articles, essays, personal narratives, and poems by more than forty authors in conversation about “thinking continental”—connecting local and personal landscapes to universal systems and processes—to articulate the concept of a global or planetary citizenship.Trade Review"Thinking Continental: Writing the Planet One Place as a Time is an anthology of poetry, personal narratives, and critical essays that responds holistically to the unprecedented pressures on the environment today."—Greg Brown, World Literature Today"With its novel conjunction of scientists and artists, this collection is not only a groundbreaking but also a wave-making model of collaborative mapping."—John Shoptaw, Western American Literature"In this diverse and varied anthology, editors Thomas Lynch, Susan Naramore Maher, Drucilla Wall, and O. Alan Weltzien bring together different perspectives, bridging the gap between the local and planetary scales most commonly seen in environmental writing."—Cory Willard, Goose“This is exactly the kind of book that helps us to understand where and who we are, what it means to be ‘emplaced’ on this planet.”—Scott Slovic, coeditor of Ecocritical Aesthetics: Language, Beauty, and the Environment “With the help of literature, these essays and poems lead us from personal particulars to our shared planet, and in so doing, they nourish our filamentary imaginations.”—SueEllen Campbell, author of The Face of the Earth: Natural Landscapes, Science, and Culture “Time and again I found articles, essays, and poems working together like facets of a prism, a succeeding work illuminating the one before it and setting up resonances with the one to follow.”—Robert Root, author of Postscripts: Retrospections on Time and PlaceTable of ContentsIntroduction: An Alignment of Stones Part 1. Ground Truths A World of Islands Elizabeth Dodd Three Stations along the Ring of Fire O. Alan Weltzien The Deepest Layer Harmon Maher Deep Mapping Communities in the West of Ireland Nessa Cronin Where Narratives Met: Microplace and Macrospace in Early Fascist Primary School Textbooks and the Case of Eugenio Cirese’s Gente buona (1925) Fabiana Dimpflmeier Imagining the Memory of the Earth: Geo-Site and the Aesthetic of the Anthropocene Andrea Benassi Cacophonous Silence (The Sound of Falling Wildly): A Transnational Experiment in Ecological Performance Poiesis Jess Allen and Bronwyn Preece Poetry 1: Ground Truths Meadows and Fireflies Aliki Barnstone Sonora Desert: Winter Afternoon Singing Itself Alberto Ríos Too Easy Greg Delanty Communion Twyla Hansen Strata Songs: Galway and Arizona Susan Millar DuMars Sutra, in Umber Kimberly Blaeser After Taiwan Kimberly Blaeser Birth of a Nation Colm Tóibín Encounter Tess Gallagher Matters of Geneva Dawn Dupler The Course of the Peculiar Michael Heffernan Tsé Bit’a’í Christine Casson Konza Prairie O. Alan Weltzien Glaciers, Mountains, Falls David Brannan Part 2. Watershed Ways Braided Channels of Watershed Consciousness: Loren Eiseley’s “The Flow of the River” and the Platte Basin Timelapse Project Tom Lynch Plovers, Great Blues, Horned Owl: A Poet’s Ecotone Brendan Galvin Superior: Reimagining the Interior of a Continent Susan Naramore Maher Pathways of the Yellowstone Bernard Quetchenbach The Proximity of Far Away: Climate Change Comes to the Alligator Rick Van Noy What You Take from the Sea Mary Swander Recontinentalizing Europe: Terrestrial Conversion and Symbolic Exchanges at Europe’s Mediterranean Frontier Emilio Cocco Poetry 2: Watershed Ways With a Hurricane, She Climbs Mountains while She Dreams Pam Uschuk The Mighty Mississippi Twyla Hansen Mississippi Delta Lay Down Ann Fisher-Wirth Links Brendan Galvin By the Sea David Lloyd Aubade William Logan River Dolphins Michael S. Begnal Sruth Fada Con Barry Johnston Wanting Choughs Tony Curtis Double View of the Adirondacks as Reflected over Lake Champlain from Waterfront Park Major Jackson Portage Alice Azure Part 3. Planetary Currents The Lariat and the GPS: Cowboys, Cattle Ranching, and Global Agricultural Practices Nancy S. Cook Life on the Western Edge of It All: Conceptions of Place in Tess Gallagher’s Lough Arrow Poems Drucilla Wall Return to Finland, Robert Creeley, Continental Drift Eamonn Wall Excerpts from COSMOGRAPHY: Re-Minding Our Place in the Universe Joel Weishaus Poetry 3: Planetary Currents Asking Why Marge Saiser The Dark Sky Reserve Heid E. Erdrich Ornithological Perspectives Walter Bargen Spiritus Mundi Greg Delanty Strange Aliki Barnstone Killer Butterfly Walter Bargen When the Body Linda Hogan What I Keep Linda Hogan War Memorial Katherine Soniat Bulk Daniel Tobin All Hallows’ Eve, County Mayo Joan McBreen As the Diamond Tess Gallagher The Burden of Theology Kelly Cherry A Line from Dogen Walter Bargen Contributors

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Book SynopsisFor two and a half years, Katherine J. Black crisscrossed Kentucky, interviewing home vegetable gardeners from a rich variety of backgrounds. Row by Row: Talking with Kentucky Gardeners is the result, a powerful compilation of testimonies on the connections between land, people, culture, and home.TheTrade Review“This is a loving and necessary book about our future: a possible world of connections with the earth, with the spirit, with the food we eat, and among human beings. Black’s sensitive interviews, her narrators’ creative lives, and the eloquent photographs are one powerful message of hope.”“Kate Black’s tender portraits of Kentucky gardeners read like good visits with future friends. Although these compelling Kentuckians’ backgrounds and ancestries vary widely, they have in common their striking commitment to growing their own food. Why do they garden? Their answers make each story rich and satisfying.”“Diversity throughout the book highlights our collective connection to food, land and the human experience.… Each tale is just intimate enough for the reader to feel a connection to the gardener, but brief enough to anticipate the next.… Row by Row evolves into a gardening manual, without giving a single instruction. Within the stories are secrets and inspirations that readers can apply to their own gardens, even if they’re digging for the first time.” * LEO Weekly *“Black’s commitment to listening to the oral histories cuts through the romanticism of much garden writing and the polarizing language that can afflict our food conversations in the United States.”

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Book SynopsisTom Joseph, a young Indian who had gone south to attend college, returns for his uncle's funeral and finds himself caught up in the old man's fight to save the wilderness from destruction.

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Book SynopsisIn telling the history of Longs Peak and its climbers, Ruth M. Alexander shows how Rocky Mountain National Park, like the National Park Service (NPS), has struggled to contend with three fundamental obligations - to facilitate visitor enjoyment, protect natural resources, and manage the park as a site of democracy.Trade ReviewDemocracy’s Mountain exposes the complex and fascinating history of our relationship with public lands, each other, and the nation itself." - Phoebe S. K. Young, author of Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement"Democracy’s Mountain reveals the complex calculus behind national park management and gives us the tools to do better by the environment and by each other. Climbers and Coloradans, park managers and visitors, and anyone concerned with equitable access to public lands in the midst of climate change will enjoy this book." - Annie Gilbert Coleman, author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies"Anyone who cares about the Colorado Rockies—and, for that matter, everyone committed to democracy, public lands, and the daunting but essential work of making our great outdoors more inclusive—should dive into this lucidly written and wonderfully approachable book." - Thomas G. Andrews, author of Coyote Valley: Deep History in the High Rockies

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Book SynopsisAddresses how the American South - in an environment fraught with uncertainty - can navigate the twin risks of too much water and not enough. In tracing the evolving uses and abuses of southern waters, Craig Colten offers crucial insights into the complex historical geography of water throughout the region.

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Book SynopsisExplores Louisiana's protracted efforts to restore and protect its coastal marshes, nearly always with minimal regard for the people displaced by those efforts. As Craig Colten shows, the state's coastal restoration plan seeks to protect cities and industry but sacrifices the coastal dwellers who have occupied this perilous place for centuries.

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Book SynopsisFusing labor and environmental history, this work examines work as a central part of Americans' evolving relationship with nature, revealing the unexpected connections between the fight for workers' rights and the rise of the modern environmental movement. It is filled with illuminating vignettes, and provides fresh insights on this topic.

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Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive history, Clay Henderson celebrates the individuals and organizations who made the Sunshine State a leader in state-funded conservation and land preservation.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on his 49 years of studying and learning from the Lacandon Maya, James Nations discusses how in the midst of external pressures such as technological changes, missionary influences, and logging ventures, Lacandon communities are building an economic system of agroforestry and ecotourism.

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Book SynopsisProvides a captivating visual and narrative journey into the ecology of Florida’s animals. The intimate and artistic photographs in this book introduce readers to the wide variety of wildlife that thrives within the state.

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Book SynopsisCountering the conventional narrative that Florida’s tourism industry suffered during the Great Depression, this book shows that the 1930s were, in reality, the starting point for much that characterizes modern Florida’s tourism.

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Book SynopsisCovering environmental policies, this work shows how policy considerations can be broken down according to six specific factors: the reaction of elected government officials, the reactions of the public and special interests, knowledge developed by scientists and engineers, economics, ethical imperatives, and time pressure to make a decision.Table of ContentsThe reaction of elected officials and staff criterion : the brownfields redevelopment policy The reaction of nongovernment stakeholder groups criterion : environmental cancer and cancer clusters Scientist stakeholder criterion : gasoline additives Economic criterion : costs of environmental management Ethics criterion : international trade in pesticides and genetically modified crops Time and flexibility criterion : nuclear power revisited Policy measurement and assessment tools Decision-making and communication tools

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Book SynopsisTraces the issue of radioactive waste in Western countries from the end of World War II to the blossoming of the environmental movement in the early 1970s. This book looks at the myriad mishaps and subsequent cover-ups that were born out of the dilemma of where to house deadly nuclear materials.Trade Review"Hamblin's examination of radioactive waste dumping in Europe and America is an important and valuable study, particularly for those interested in the role of science, technology, and environment in modern life." -- Ronald Rainger * Professor of History, Texas Tech University *"A fascinating account of the role of health physicists and marine scientists in the international politics and public relations of dumping radioactive waste at sea." -- John Krige * author of American Hegemony and the Postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europe *"Poison in the Well tells how British and American nuclear scientists have handled radioactive wastes since World War II, despite uncertainty about long-term genetic and somatic effects, creating a legacy that will last for thousands of years. Interdisciplinary turf battles, government secrecy, and technological hubris all play a role in this well-constructed narrative." -- Robert W. Seidel * professor of History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota *"This impressively researched and judiciously argued book challenges readers to think in new ways about what happens when science, politics, and the environment intersect." * American Historical Review *"Hamblin's study is timely and absorbing, discussing an aspect of the history of atomic energy programmes on which very little has been known. Poison in the Well is an incredibly precious expose" * British Journal for the History of Science *"An excellent and balanced book. Hamblin's story is compelling and complex. By avoiding simple conclusions, he provides great insight into Cold War international relations, the dilemmas of going nuclear, the difficulty in determining risk, and the continuing problems we face with untested or newly tested technologies." * Journal of American History *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Revelatory. Bozak is passionate and occasionally poetic." * Afterimage *"Bozak looks at the many issues surrounding the relationship between film and the natural environment. The book is at the intersection of many disciplines and will thus likely prove thought provoking for a wide range of readers. It is an ideal volume for serious students of film and environmental studies. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Highly original and beautifully written, Bozak's groundbreaking work adds an essential new dimension to the act of critically viewing film. I have long been awaiting a book that brings environmental matters into the heart of film and media studies!" -- Lisa Parks * University of California, Santa Barbara *"Very few recent books on cinema genuinely deserve to be called 'groundbreaking.' This, by all means, is one of them." -- Paolo Cherchi Usai * author of The Death of Cinema *"Bozak's arguements are illuminating and thought-provoking. The Cinematic Footprint is a must read for anyone interested in the developing canon of ecocinema studies." * Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment *"Revelatory. Bozak is passionate and occasionally poetic." * Afterimage *"Bozak looks at the many issues surrounding the relationship between film and the natural environment. The book is at the intersection of many disciplines and will thus likely prove thought provoking for a wide range of readers. It is an ideal volume for serious students of film and environmental studies. Highly recommended." * Choice *"Highly original and beautifully written, Bozak's groundbreaking work adds an essential new dimension to the act of critically viewing film. I have long been awaiting a book that brings environmental matters into the heart of film and media studies!" -- Lisa Parks * University of California, Santa Barbara *"Very few recent books on cinema genuinely deserve to be called 'groundbreaking.' This, by all means, is one of them." -- Paolo Cherchi Usai * author of The Death of Cinema *"Bozak's arguements are illuminating and thought-provoking. The Cinematic Footprint is a must read for anyone interested in the developing canon of ecocinema studies." * Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Energy2. Resource3. Extraction4. Excess5. WasteConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Whatever happened to overpopulation? Thomas Robertson’s thorough, lively, and superbly historicized account helps us think through this most pressing question." * Environmental History *"An excellent synthesis. The real strength of Robertson's work is his consideration of the dynamism and complexity of attitudes toward overpopulation. Writing a historical synthesis is never easy, but good environmental history demands it. Robertson has pulled the task off in spades." * Journal of American History *"Skillfully weaving together heightened concerns over rampant consumerism, accelerating population growth and environmental degradation, and their impact on American foreign policy, The Malthusian Moment is very likely to become obligatory reading for those interested in the tumultuous decades of the Vietnam era." -- Michael Adas * Rutgers University *"This volume traces how the sociopolitically-based environmental movement of the post-WW II era embraced the siren calls of biologists warning of the global impact of overpopulation. Recommended." * Choice *"The Malthusian Moment is a valuable book that brings environmental history in touch with diplomatic and international history, helping to fill a gap in our understanding of the rise and fall of population politics." -- Kurk Dorsey * University of New Hampshire *"Robertson explores complex linkages among global population growth, the politics of population, food and hunger, and American environmental anxiety in the 20th century. His is the clearest, most incisive study of American thinking on population from 1945-75, the height of Malthusian fears in intellectual and official circles." -- J.R. McNeill * Georgetown University *"The great strength of this volume is the way the author teases out how ecological models and biological thinking shaped the population discussion in the 1960s, and how Ehrlich in particular rethought his formulations in light of the nuances of political matters, and re-emphasized his critiques to be more sensitive to his audience." * Canadian Studies in Population *“Whatever happened to overpopulation? Thomas Robertson’s thorough, lively, and superbly historicized account helps us think through this most pressing question." * Environmental History *"An excellent synthesis. The real strength of Robertson's work is his consideration of the dynamism and complexity of attitudes toward overpopulation. Writing a historical synthesis is never easy, but good environmental history demands it. Robertson has pulled the task off in spades." * Journal of American History *"Skillfully weaving together heightened concerns over rampant consumerism, accelerating population growth and environmental degradation, and their impact on American foreign policy, The Malthusian Moment is very likely to become obligatory reading for those interested in the tumultuous decades of the Vietnam era." -- Michael Adas * Rutgers University *"This volume traces how the sociopolitically-based environmental movement of the post-WW II era embraced the siren calls of biologists warning of the global impact of overpopulation. Recommended." * Choice *"The Malthusian Moment is a valuable book that brings environmental history in touch with diplomatic and international history, helping to fill a gap in our understanding of the rise and fall of population politics." -- Kurk Dorsey * University of New Hampshire *"Robertson explores complex linkages among global population growth, the politics of population, food and hunger, and American environmental anxiety in the 20th century. His is the clearest, most incisive study of American thinking on population from 1945-75, the height of Malthusian fears in intellectual and official circles." -- J.R. McNeill * Georgetown University *"The great strength of this volume is the way the author teases out how ecological models and biological thinking shaped the population discussion in the 1960s, and how Ehrlich in particular rethought his formulations in light of the nuances of political matters, and re-emphasized his critiques to be more sensitive to his audience." * Canadian Studies in Population *Table of ContentsMalthusianism, eugenics, and carrying capacity in the interwar period War and nature: Fairfield Osborn, William Vogt, and the birth of global ecology Abundance in a sea of poverty : quality and quantity of life "Feed 'em or fight 'em: population and resources on the global frontier during the Cold War The "Chinification" of American cities, suburbs, and wilderness Paul Ehrlich, the 1960s, and the population bomb Strange bedfellows: population politics, 1968-1970 We're all in the same boat!?: The disuniting of spaceship earth Ronald Reagan, the new right, and population growth

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