An edition of Civilizing nature
(2012)
Civilizing nature
national parks in global historical perspective
by Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, and Patrick Kupper
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Civilizing nature: national parks in global historical perspective
2012, Berghahn Books
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Towards a Global History of National Parks / Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper
part I. Parks and Empires
Unpacking Yellowstone : The American National Park in Global Perspective / Karen Jones
How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies / Melissa Harper, Richard White
Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation : National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa / Caroline Ford
From Colonial Imposition to National Icon : Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park / Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells
A Bavarian Serengeti : Space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and Germany / Bernhard Gissibl
part II. Organizartions and Networks
Translating Yellowstone : Early European National Parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model / Patrick Kupper
Framing the Heritage of Mankind : National Parks on the International Agenda / Anna-Katharina Wöbse
Global Values, Local Politics : Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park / Brad Martin
Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife : Radiotracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and Chitwan National Parks / Etienne Benson
part III. Nations and Natures
A Revolutionary Civilization : National Parks, Transnational Exchanges, and the Construction of Modern Mexico / Emily Wakild
Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park status to Dutch Man-made Landscapes and Colonial Game Reserves / Henny van der Windt
Globalizing Nature : National Parks, Tiger Reserves, and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India / Michael Lewis
Slovenia's Triglav National Park : From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape / Carolin Firouzeh Roeder
Epilogue: National Parks, Civilization and Globalization / Jane Carruthers.
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