Nature's Ghosts Confronting Extinction from the Age of Jefferson to the Age of Ecology

Name: Nature's Ghosts Confronting Extinction from the Age of Jefferson to the Age of Ecology
Price: 9.09 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780226038148

ISBN-10: 0226038149

ISBN-13: 9780226038148

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jr. Barrow

List price: $35.00

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $36.31

Marketplace

4 new & used from $9.09

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.14" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Bones of Contention The American Incognitum and the Discovery of Extinction



Paradise Lost Unraveling the Mysteries of Insular Species



Sounding the Alarm About Continent-Wide Wildlife Extinction



Nationalism, Nostalgia, and the Campaign to Save the Bison



Going Global The American Committee and the First Inventory of Extinction



The Latin American Turn Nature Protection in the Western Hemisphere



Enter Ecology Preserving Nature's Living Laboratory



Reconsidering Raptors During the Interwar Years



Salvation Through Science? The First Life-History Studies of Endangered Species



"The Nation's First Responsibility" Saving Endangered Species in the Age of Ecology


Conclusion


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index