Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation

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Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation

Crimes against Nature reveals the hidden history behind three of the nation's first parklands: the Adirondacks, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon. Focusing on conservation's impact on local inhabitants, Karl Jacoby traces the effect of criminalizing such traditional practices as hunting, fishing, foraging, and timber cutting in the newly created parks. Jacoby reassesses the nature of these "crimes" and provides a rich portrait of rural people and their relationship with the natural world in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520239098
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520239098
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00