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

Crimes against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves, and the Hidden History of American Conservation
ISBN-10
0520957938
ISBN-13
9780520957930
Series
Crimes Against Nature
Category
History
Pages
332
Language
English
Published
2014-02-22
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Karl Jacoby

Description

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.

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