First comprehensive history of the Swiss National Park Enhancing (American) national park history by a transnational perspective Study of the prime example of a "scientific national park" worldwide A new perspective on wilderness
First comprehensive history of the Swiss National Park Enhancing (American) national park history by a transnational perspective Study of the prime example of a "scientific national park" worldwide A new perspective on wilderness
Patrick Kupper is Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Innsbruck. He is the co-editor of Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical Perspective (Berghahn, 2012).
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Figures Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Global Parks: National Parks, Globalization, and Western Modernism * The Myth of Yellowstone * Nature as National Symbol * The Value of "Unspoiled" Nature * The Global Conservation Movement * National Parks and Natural Monuments * The Globalization of the National Park Chapter 2. National Natures: The Swiss National Park and the Conservationist "Internationale" * "A Beautiful Vision of the Future" * Laying the Foundations * The National Dimension * "Reserve" or "National Park" * National and Global Conservation * Dynamics and Contingencies Chapter 3. Local Landscapes: Political Spaces, Institutional Arrangements, and Subjective Attitudes * Global, Local * Local Culture and Economy * Fears and Expectations * Area Selection and Initial Leases * Rounding Out and Expanding * Dealing with Conflicts * Institutionalization and Subjectivation Chapter 4. Total Protection: Philosophy and Practice of "Freely Developing Nature" * "Total Protection" and Intervening in Natural Processes * Humans and Animals * The Role of Park Wardens * Managing Nature * Introducing Animals * Seeking a New Equilibrium Chapter 5. Ecological "Field Laboratory": The Park as a Scientific Experiment * A New Field within Ecology * Organizing and Financing Research * "A Scientific National Park": International Reception * Changing Research Methods and Practices * Asynchronous Rhythms: Long-Term Observation and University Research * Growing Importance of the National Park as a Field Laboratory? Chapter 6. Wilderness Limits: Natural Dynamics and Social Equilibrium * A Faustian Bargain with Water Power * Gambling with the National Park * Calling All Nature Lovers * And the Tourists Came * "Recreational Instruction" * Managing Wildlife * Of Hunters and Deer * Shooting in the National Park Conclusion Bibliography Index
Figures Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Global Parks: National Parks, Globalization, and Western Modernism * The Myth of Yellowstone * Nature as National Symbol * The Value of "Unspoiled" Nature * The Global Conservation Movement * National Parks and Natural Monuments * The Globalization of the National Park Chapter 2. National Natures: The Swiss National Park and the Conservationist "Internationale" * "A Beautiful Vision of the Future" * Laying the Foundations * The National Dimension * "Reserve" or "National Park" * National and Global Conservation * Dynamics and Contingencies Chapter 3. Local Landscapes: Political Spaces, Institutional Arrangements, and Subjective Attitudes * Global, Local * Local Culture and Economy * Fears and Expectations * Area Selection and Initial Leases * Rounding Out and Expanding * Dealing with Conflicts * Institutionalization and Subjectivation Chapter 4. Total Protection: Philosophy and Practice of "Freely Developing Nature" * "Total Protection" and Intervening in Natural Processes * Humans and Animals * The Role of Park Wardens * Managing Nature * Introducing Animals * Seeking a New Equilibrium Chapter 5. Ecological "Field Laboratory": The Park as a Scientific Experiment * A New Field within Ecology * Organizing and Financing Research * "A Scientific National Park": International Reception * Changing Research Methods and Practices * Asynchronous Rhythms: Long-Term Observation and University Research * Growing Importance of the National Park as a Field Laboratory? Chapter 6. Wilderness Limits: Natural Dynamics and Social Equilibrium * A Faustian Bargain with Water Power * Gambling with the National Park * Calling All Nature Lovers * And the Tourists Came * "Recreational Instruction" * Managing Wildlife * Of Hunters and Deer * Shooting in the National Park Conclusion Bibliography Index
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