The politics of scale : a history of rangeland science
Record details
- ISBN: 9780226083254
- ISBN: 9780226083117
- ISBN: 022608325X
- ISBN: 022608311X
- ISBN: 9780226083391
- ISBN: 022608339X
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Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations, maps
remote
Computer data. - Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- Copyright: �2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString.july.23 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction. Rangelands, science, and the politics of scale -- Producing the range: extermination and fences -- Fire and climax: bureaucratic divisions of scientific labor -- Squinting at blind spots: Southwestern rangelands and the consolidation of successional theory -- Fixing stocking rates: monitoring and the politics of measurement -- To manage or manipulate: natural versus artificial improvement of depleted rangelands -- The Western range goes global: neo-malthusianism and pastoral development -- Till the cows come home: overseas failures and critiques of range science -- Conclusion. Capital, climate, and community-based conservation. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 27, 2017). |
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Genre: | History. |