Vanishing America : Species Extinction, Racial Peril, and the Origins of Conservation
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0674971566
ISBN-13
9780674971561
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Imprint
Harvard University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 14th, 2016
Print length
264 Pages
Weight
584 grams
Dimensions
16.60 x 24.40 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
History of scienceEnvironmental managementConservation of the environment
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Miles Powell explores how early conservationists became convinced that the vitality of America’s white races depended on preserving the wilderness. Some conservationists embraced scientific racism, eugenics, and restrictive immigration laws, but these activists also laid the groundwork for the many successes of the modern environmental movement.
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