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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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Details
- 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.
- Subject
- Environmentalism > Moral and ethical aspects > Yellowstone National Park
- Environmental ethics > Yellowstone National Park
- Environmental policy > Yellowstone National Park
- Social conflict > West (U.S.)
- Environmentalism > Moral and ethical aspects > West (U.S.)
- Environmental ethics > West (U.S.)
- Environmental policy > West (U.S.)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy
- NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection
- PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Naturschutz
- Umweltschutz
- Umweltethik
- Ökologische Bewegung
- Yellowstone National Park > Environmental conditions
- West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions
- West (U.S.) > Social conditions
- Yellowstone National Park
- 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 sociologyPrinceton 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