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Defending illusions : federal protection of ecosystems

Title: Defending illusions : federal protection of ecosystems / Allan K. Fitzsimmons.
Author: Fitzsimmons, Allan K.
Publication: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [1999], ©1999.

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Description

xvi, 331 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The political economy forum

Uniform Title

Political economy forum.

Subject

Ecosystem management > Government policy > United States

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-317).

Contents

Introduction: Government and the New Relationship with Nature -- 1. Everyone Knows What an Ecosystem Is ... Or Do They? -- 2. Mapping Ecosystems -- 3. Visions of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem -- 4. Claims of Environmental Calamity -- 5. Nature Worship and the New Paradigm -- 6. Science, Ecosystems, and the Emperor's New Clothes -- 7. The Law and Ecosystem Protection -- 8. Ecosystem Protection Proposals -- 9. Human Consequences of the New Paradigm -- 10. Improving Environmental Stewardship -- Conclusion: Knowledge and Responsibility.

ISBN

0847694216 (cloth : alk. paper)
0847694224 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

99017318

OCLC

ocm40744403

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries