Buying Nature The Limits of Land Acquisition As a Conservation Strategy, 1780-2004

Name: Buying Nature The Limits of Land Acquisition As a Conservation Strategy, 1780-2004
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ISBN: 9780262562102

ISBN-10: 0262562103

ISBN-13: 9780262562102

Edition: 2005

Authors: Sally K. Fairfax, Lauren Gwin, Mary Ann King, Leigh Raymond, Laura A. Watt

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In 'Buying Nature' the authors consider the long tradition in the U.S. of land acquisition, by both public and private actors, as a means toward conservation. How effective has this approach been in the past, and how well will it serve America in the future?

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/12/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.42" wide x 8.94" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Sally K. Fairfax is Henry J. Vaux Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley.



Series Foreword


Preface


List of Acronyms



Acquisition Myths and Realities



From the Confederated Congress Through the Civil War, 1780-1865



Changing Expectations: From the Civil War to the Weeks Act, 1865-1911



Between the Roosevelts, 1912-1932



Conservation Land Acquisition During the Depression and World War II, 1933-1953



Roots of Change, 1953-1979



Mosaics in the Reagan Revolution



Megadeals and Management Mosaics in the 1990s



Conclusions


Notes


References


Cases Cited