Civilizing nature
Subtitle: national parks in global historical perspective
By: Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper (eds.).
Series: Environment in history -- 1
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780857455253; 9780857455277
Subjects: Environmentalism; Globalization; Protected areas; Government policy; Environmental protection; National parks and reserves; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Towards a Global History of National Parks / Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper; title: part I. Parks and Empires; title: Unpacking Yellowstone : The American National Park in Global Perspective / Karen Jones; title: How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies / Melissa Harper, Richard White; title: Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation : National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa / Caroline Ford; title: From Colonial Imposition to National Icon : Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park / Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells; title: A Bavarian Serengeti : Space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and Germany / Bernhard Gissibl; title: part II. Organizartions and Networks; title: Translating Yellowstone : Early European National Parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model / Patrick Kupper; title: Framing the Heritage of Mankind : National Parks on the International Agenda / Anna-Katharina Wöbse; title: Global Values, Local Politics : Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park / Brad Martin; title: Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife : Radiotracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and Chitwan National Parks / Etienne Benson; title: part III. Nations and Natures; title: A Revolutionary Civilization : National Parks, Transnational Exchanges, and the Construction of Modern Mexico / Emily Wakild; title: Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park status to Dutch Man-made Landscapes and Colonial Game Reserves / Henny van der Windt; title: Globalizing Nature : National Parks, Tiger Reserves, and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India / Michael Lewis; title: Slovenia's Triglav National Park : From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape / Carolin Firouzeh Roeder; title: Epilogue: National Parks, Civilization and Globalization / Jane Carruthers.