Going wild : hunting, animal rights, and the contested meaning of nature / Jan E. Dizard. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dizard, Jan E., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights--Massachusetts--Quabbin Reservation.

Animal rights.

Deer hunting--Moral and ethical aspects--Massachusetts--Quabbin Reservation.

Deer hunting.

Forest management--Moral and ethical aspects--Massachusetts--Quabbin Reservation.

Forest management.

Wildlife management--Moral and ethical aspects--Massachusetts--Quabbin Reservation.

Wildlife management.

Animal rights--Moral and ethical aspects--Quabbin Reservation--Massachusetts.

Wildlife management--Massachusetts--Quabbin Reservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 230 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"First published in 1994, Going Wild offers a probing examination of the ways in which different conceptions of nature shape our responses to specific environmental issues. In this revised edition, Jan E. Dizard adds a thoughtful and extensive new chapter, updating the controversy over the state-managed deer hunt at the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts and placing it in a broader national context."--Jacket.

Contents:

1. What's Wild?

2. Let Nature Be

3. Taking Care of Nature

4. Sport, Management, or Murder: Ambiguity and Ambivalence in Modern Hunting

5. Nature's Rights and Human Responsibility

6. Constructing Nature

7. Stewards or Curators? Caring for Nature (1999).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-122-05535-8

0-585-26876-2