Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation
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"A well-conceived, solidly researched, and clearly written work with important conclusions but even richer possibilities. Anyone interested in environmental history or the contributions it can make to other fields in our discipline ought to read it. Anyone interested in important questions and methods in environmental history has to study it carefully."--Thomas Dunlap, Reviews in American History
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Crimes against Nature reveals the hidden history behind three of the nation's first parklands: the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. Focusing on conservation's impact on local inhabitants, Karl Jacoby traces the effect of criminalizing such traditional practices as hunting, fishing, foraging, and timber cutting in the newly created parks. Jacoby reassesses the nature of these "crimes" and provides a rich portrait of rural people and their relationship with the natural world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation
Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation,Karl Jacoby,University of California Press,0520220277,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,History,History - General History,History: World,National parks and reserves,Nature conservation,Social aspects,Sociology - Rural,United States,United States - State & Local - General,World - General,20th century,American history: c 1800 to c 1900,Conservation of wildlife & habitats,History / General,USA,c 1800 to c 1900
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