Wild by design : the rise of ecological restoration / Laura J. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Laura J., 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restoration ecology--United States--History--20th century.

Restoration ecology.

Restoration ecology--United States--History--21st century.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States--History--20th century.

Nature.

Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States--History--21st century.

Environmental responsibility--United States--History--20th century.

Environmental responsibility.

Environmental responsibility--United States--History--21st century.

Nature--Effect of human beings on.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Informational works.

Physical Description:

329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Rise of ecological restoration

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Laura J. Martin examines ecological restoration's long history. Since the early 1900s, restorationists have confronted vexing philosophical questions: Which states of nature should be restored? Who should choose? Is human-designed wilderness really wild? Restoration work leads us to reimagine nature and the nature of environmental justice"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Reservations, 1900-1945

1. Uncle Sam's Reservations

2. Ecology in the Public Service

3. An Outdoor Laboratory

pt. II Recovery, 1945-1970

4. Atoms for Ecology

5. The Specter of Irreversible Change

pt. III Regulation, 1970-2010

6. Extinct Is Forever

7. The Mood of Wild America

8. An Ecological Tomorrowland.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-314) and index (pages [315]-329).

Other Format:

Online version: Martin, Laura J., 1984- Wild by design.

ISBN:

9780674979420

0674979427

OCLC:

1266217480