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Battle for Yellowstone : morality and the sacred roots of environmental conflict

Title
Battle for Yellowstone : morality and the sacred roots of environmental conflict / Justin Farrell.
Author
Farrell, Justin, 1983-
Publication
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]

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Description
xvii, 291 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Yellowstone holds a special place in America's heart. As the world's first national park, it is globally recognized as the crown jewel of modern environmental preservation. But the park and its surrounding regions have recently become a lightning rod for environmental conflict, plagued by intense and intractable political struggles among the federal government, National Park Service, environmentalists, industry, local residents, and elected officials. The Battle for Yellowstone asks why it is that, with the flood of expert scientific, economic, and legal efforts to resolve disagreements over Yellowstone, there is no improvement? Why do even seemingly minor issues erupt into impassioned disputes? What can Yellowstone teach us about the worsening environmental conflicts worldwide? Justin Farrell argues that the battle for Yellowstone has deep moral, cultural, and spiritual roots that until now have been obscured by the supposedly rational and technical nature of the conflict. Tracing in unprecedented detail the moral causes and consequences of large-scale social change in the American West, he describes how a 'new-West' social order has emerged that has devalued traditional American beliefs about manifest destiny and rugged individualism, and how morality and spirituality have influenced the most polarizing and techno-centric conflicts in Yellowstone's history. This groundbreaking book shows how the unprecedented conflict over Yellowstone is not all about science, law, or economic interests, but more surprisingly, is about cultural upheaval and the construction of new moral and spiritual boundaries in the American West"--
Series Statement
Princeton studies in cultural sociology
Uniform Title
Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Bringing Moral Culture into the Fray -- Believing in Yellowstone : The Moralization of Nature and the Creation of America's Eden -- The New (Wild) West : Social Upheaval, Moral Devaluation, and the Rise of Conflict -- Buffalo Crusaders : The Sacred Struggle for America's Last Wild and Pure Herd -- Between Good and Evil : The Science, Culture, and Polarization of Wolf Conflict -- Drilling Our Soul : Moral-Boundary Work in an Unlikely Old-West Fight against Fracking -- Appendix.
Call Number
JFE 16-13512
ISBN
  • 9780691164342
  • 0691164347
  • 9781400866496
  • 1400866499
LCCN
2014046237
OCLC
894625381
Author
Farrell, Justin, 1983-
Title
Battle for Yellowstone : morality and the sacred roots of environmental conflict / Justin Farrell.
Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Princeton studies in cultural sociology
Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Note
REVISED DISSERTATION EXPLORES MORAL & CULTURAL CONTEXTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROVERSY.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-13512
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