{"product_id":"a-wilder-kingdom-9780231201520","title":"A Wilder Kingdom","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a provocative and reflective examination of the relationship between zoos and the wild. It gathers a premier set of multidisciplinary voices to consider the possibilities and challenges of making zoos wilder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are zoos for, and what should they be like? In the Anthropocene era, long-held distinctions between human and natural, managed and wild are blurring. \u003ci\u003eA Wilder Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e asks how zoos might be reimagined to represent and support wild nature. This delightful and diverse book offers thoughtful and challenging ideas for the future of zoos in an increasingly human-dominated natural world. -- Bill Adams, Claudio Segré Professor of Conservation and Development, Geneva Graduate Institute\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Wilder Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking, informative, and enjoyable read. The well-crafted essays, written by authors with a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds, and expertise, will appeal to anyone interested in nature, animal welfare, zoos, wild landscapes, and the human interactions with all of these. -- Marty Crump, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWomen in Field Biology: A Journey into Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis remarkable collection of essays addresses the shifting and conflicted missions of zoos in the modern world. The central theme of the chapters is the possibility of enhancing the experience of wildness for zoo animals and visitors. Along the way, the authors address a host of fascinating questions. For example, what would a wilder zoo look like? Is a baby rhino who was conceived via in vitro fertilization a wild animal? Can zoos prepare animals for life in the wild? This book changed the way I think about zoos, and I suspect it will pave the way for the zoos of the future. -- Hal Herzog, author of \u003ci\u003eSome We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard To Think Straight About Animals \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Zoos and the Wild: A Reconsideration, by Ben A. Minteer and Harry W. Greene\u003cbr\u003e2. Between Worlds: A Conversation Among the Cranes, by Curt Meine\u003cbr\u003e3. Animal Art and the Changing Meanings of the Wild, by Alison Hawthorne Deming\u003cbr\u003e4. Can Zoos Connect People with Wildness?, by Susan Clayton\u003cbr\u003e5. “Wild” Through an American Indian Historical Analysis, by Kelsey Dayle John and Reva Mariah ShieldChief\u003cbr\u003e6. Toward a Wilder Kin-Dom: Why Zoos Must Focus More on Ecological Interactions (with Our Children and Other Biota) Than on Isolated Species, by Gary Paul Nabhan\u003cbr\u003e7. This Is a Zoo? Reflections on a Wilder Zoo by Visitors to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, by Debra Colodner, Craig Ivanyi, and Cassandra Lyon\u003cbr\u003e8. Evolution to the Rescue: Natural Selection Can Help Captive Populations Adapt to a Changing World, by Jonathan B. Losos\u003cbr\u003e9. Zoo Dogs, by Clive D. L. Wynne and Holly G. Molinaro\u003cbr\u003e10. Zoo Time, by Nigel Rothfels\u003cbr\u003e11. The Microbial Zoo: How Small Is Wild?, by Irus Braverman\u003cbr\u003e12. A Home for the Wild: Architecture in the Zoo, by Natascha Meuser\u003cbr\u003e13. Reconnecting Zoos to the Wild and Rethinking Dignity in Animal Conservation, by Joseph R. Mendelson III\u003cbr\u003e14. Seeing the Wild in Zoos by Seeing the Humans Too, by Amanda Stronza\u003cbr\u003e15. The Once and Future Rhino, by Michelle Nijhuis\u003cbr\u003ePostscript: On Wildness and Responsibility, by Ben A. Minteer and Harry W. Greene\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400361288023,"sku":"9780231201520","price":87.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231201520.jpg?v=1730470493","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-wilder-kingdom-9780231201520","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}