Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical PerspectiveBernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper Berghahn Books, 1 nov 2012 - 304 pagina's National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s they have become a global phenomenon. The development of these ecological and political systems cannot be understood as a simple reaction to mounting environmental problems, nor can it be explained by the spread of environmental sensibilities. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, this volume adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time. It focuses especially on the actors, networks, mechanisms, arenas, and institutions responsible for the global spread of the national park and the associated utilization and mobilization of asymmetrical relationships of power and knowledge, contributing to scholarly discussions of globalization and the emergence of global environmental institutions and governance. |
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Part IParks and Empires | 29 |
The American National Park in Global Perspective | 31 |
Chapter 2How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies | 50 |
National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa | 68 |
Malaysias Taman Negara National Park | 84 |
Space Race and Time in the Entangled History of Nature Conservation in East Africa and Germany | 102 |
Part IIOrganizations and Networks | 121 |
Radio Tracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and Chitwan National Parks | 173 |
Part IIINations and Natures | 189 |
National Parks Transnational Exchanges and the Construction of Modern Mexico | 191 |
Chapter 11Parks without Wilderness Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park Status to Dutch Manmade Landscapes and Colonial Game R... | 206 |
National Parks Tiger Reserves and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India | 224 |
From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape | 240 |
National Parks Civilization and Globalization | 256 |
Select Bibliography | 266 |
Early European National Parks Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model | 123 |
National Parks on the International Agenda | 140 |
Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park | 157 |
Notes on Contributors | 273 |
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Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical Perspective Bernhard Gissibl,,Sabine Höhler,Patrick Kupper Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2012 |
Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical Perspective Bernhard Gissibl,Sabine Höhler,Patrick Kupper Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015 |