Predatory Bureaucracy: The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West
Autor Michael Robinsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 noi 2005
Predatory
Bureaucracyis
the
definitive
history
of
America's
wolves
and
our
policies
toward
predators.
Tracking
wolves
from
the
days
of
the
conquistadors
to
the
present,
author
Michael
Robinson
shows
that
their
story
merges
with
that
of
the
U.S.
Bureau
of
Biological
Survey.
This
federal
agency
was
chartered
to
research
insects
and
birds
but
-
because
of
various
pressures
-
morphed
into
a
political
powerhouse
dedicated
to
killing
wolves
and
other
wildlife.
Robinson
follows
wolves'
successful
adaptation
to
the
arrival
of
explorers,
mountain
men,
and
bounty
hunters,
through
their
disastrous
century-long
entanglement
with
the
federal
government.
He
shares
the
parallel
story
of
the
Biological
Survey's
rise,
detailing
the
personal,
social,
geographic,
and
political
forces
that
allowed
it
to
thrive
despite
opposition
from
hunters,
animal
lovers,
scientists,
environmentalists,
and
presidents.
Federal predator control nearly eliminated wolves throughout the United States and Mexico and radically changed American lands and wildlife populations. It undercut the livelihoods of countless homestead families in order to benefit an emerging western elite of livestock owners. The extermination of predators led to problems associated with prey overpopulation, but, as Robinson reveals, extermination and control programs still continue.Predatory Bureaucracywill fascinate readers interested in wildlife, ecosystems, agriculture, and environmental politics.
Federal predator control nearly eliminated wolves throughout the United States and Mexico and radically changed American lands and wildlife populations. It undercut the livelihoods of countless homestead families in order to benefit an emerging western elite of livestock owners. The extermination of predators led to problems associated with prey overpopulation, but, as Robinson reveals, extermination and control programs still continue.Predatory Bureaucracywill fascinate readers interested in wildlife, ecosystems, agriculture, and environmental politics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780870818196
ISBN-10: 0870818198
Pagini: 494
Ilustrații: 30 b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Colecția University Press of Colorado
ISBN-10: 0870818198
Pagini: 494
Ilustrații: 30 b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 150 x 226 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: University Press of Colorado
Colecția University Press of Colorado
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Recenzii
"Predatory
Bureaucracy
is,
first
and
foremost,
a
work
of
tremendous
scholarship.
.
.
.
Surprisingly,
it
is
also
a
beautifully
written
book
that
captures
the
feel
of
western
landscapes
and
the
ethos
of
early
20th-century
America
with
an
eloquence
unusual
for
a
weighty,
scholarly
book."
—International Wolf Magazine
—International Wolf Magazine
“InPredatory
BureaucracyMichael
Robinson
paints
a
vivid
picture
of
the
lives
of
some
of
the
last
wolves
to
roam
in
the
West
and
of
the
men
who
planned
and
carried
out
their
killings,
and
tells
the
remarkable
story
of
passage
of
the
Endangered
Species
Act
and
subsequent
wolf
reintroductions
in
the
face
of
continuing
fierce
opposition.
Through
exhaustive
review
of
thousands
of
personal
letters,
policy
documents
and
other
obscure
records,
Robinson
chronicles
the
birth,
growth,
and
cultural
maturation
of
an
agency
whose
primary
mission
is
the
extermination
of
"bad"
animals
at
the
behest
of
the
agricultural
industry
-
a
case
study
of
the
dark
side
of
biopolitics.
He
documents
the
Machiavellian
tactics
used
by
powerful
individuals
to
federalize
the
"service"
of
killing
predators
and
other
"harmful"
animals.
Robinson
tells
this
important
story
in
a
compulsively
readable
manner.Predatory
Bureaucracyshould
be
read
by
all
who
care
about
wildlife
conservation,
especially
government
biologists."
—David R. Parsons, Wildlife Biologist and former Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
—David R. Parsons, Wildlife Biologist and former Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
"The
book
brings
together
a
formative
history
of
the
dewilding
of
the
western
United
States,
with
a
focus
on
the
history
of
predator
control
of
wolves,
and
an
in-depth
history
of
wildlife
politics
and
those
that
drove
the
structuring
of
wildlife
laws
we
currently
use.
.
.
.
The
book
inspires
the
reader
to
look
at
the
land
as
a
scientist,
not
a
researcher
of
a
particular
species,
not
as
a
mammalogist,
or
an
ornithologist,
or
a
botanist,
but
as
someone
committed
to
the
land
ethic
first
taught
by
Aldo
Leopold,
and
committed
to
the
future
of
the
landscape,
with
wolves,
coyotes,
pronghorn,
and
the
myriad
species
that
make
the
land
what
it
was,
and
is,
and
should
be
in
the
future."
—Journal of Mammalogy
—Journal of Mammalogy
Notă biografică
Michael
J.
Robinsonis
carnivore
conservation
coordinator
for
the
Center
for
Biological
Diversity.
He
lives
in
New
Mexico.
Descriere
Predatory
Bureaucracyis
the
definitive
history
of
America's
wolves
and
our
policies
toward
predators.
Tracking
wolves
from
the
days
of
the
conquistadors
to
the
present,
author
Michael
Robinson
shows
that
their
story
merges
with
that
of
the
U.S.
Bureau
of
Biological
Survey.
This
federal
agency
was
chartered
to
research
insects
and
birds
but
-
because
of
various
pressures
-
morphed
into
a
political
powerhouse
dedicated
to
killing
wolves
and
other
wildlife.