Alston Chase

In a Dark Wood (eBook, PDF)

A Critical History of the Fight Over Forests

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Produktbeschreibung

In a Dark Wood presents a history of debates among ecologists over what constitutes good forestry, and a critique of the ecological reasoning behind contemporary strategies of preservation, including the Endangered Species Act. Chase argues that these strategies, in many instances adopted for political, rather than scientific reasons, fail to promote biological diversity and may actually harm more creatures than they help. At the same time, Chase offers examples of conservation strategies that work, but which are deemed politically incorrect and ignored.

In a Dark Wood provides the most thoughtful and complete account yet written of radical environmentalism. And it challenges the fundamental-but largely unexamined-assumptions of preservationism, such as those concerning whether there is a "balance of nature," whether all branches of ecology are really science, and whether ecosystems exist. In his new introduction, Chase evaluates the response to his book and reports on recent developments in environmental science, policy, and politics.

In a Dark Wood was judged by a recent national poll to be one of the one hundred best nonfiction books written in the English language during the twentieth century. A smashing good read, this book will be of interest to environmentalists, ecologists, philosophers, biologists, and bio-ethicists, and anyone concerned about ecological issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 535
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351513166
• Artikelnr.: 48867193

Autorenporträt

Alston Chase

Inhaltsangabe

1: The Search for Nature
I: Crisis: What is Nature? 1960-1972
2: Cork Boot Fever
3: Mr. Redwood
4: The Eco Raiders
5: Rebels with a Cause
6: Life in The Peace Zone
II: Discovery: Nature is An Ancient Forest 1973-1981
7: Building An Ark
8: A Law for All Seasons
9: A New Metaphor for Nature
10: The Birth of Biocentrism
11: The Owl Shrieked
12: The Reluctant Researchers
13: The New Forestry
III: Response: The Biocentric Revolution 1982-1990
14: Night on Bald Mountain
15: The Network
16: Wall Street Forestry
17: Occurrence at All Species Grove
18: The Age of Extremism
19: The Paradigm Shift
20: Wobblies and Yellow Ribbons
21: The Easter Sunday Massacre
22: Forests Forever
23: Fred, The Walking Rainbow
24: Stepping on An Anthill
25: Redwood Summer
IV: Consequences: The Season of Our Uncertainty 1991-
26: Diaspora
27: Home, Sweet Home
28: The Forest Summit
29: The Inferno
30: In a Dark Wood