Big Game in Alaska

A History of Wildlife and People

Morgan B. Sherwood (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2008
University of Alaska Press (Verlag)
978-1-60223-034-7 (ISBN)

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With the Klondike gold rush, a struggle erupted in Alaska between the protection of big game animals and man's economic ambitions. This title charts the history of this environmental and political conflict, examining the creation of the Alaska Game Commission in the early 1930s, and the use of distorted science and menacing technologies.

With the Klondike gold rush, a struggle erupted in Alaska between the protection of big game animals and man's economic ambitions, a riveting story chronicled by Morgan Sherwood in "Big Game in Alaska".In concise and clear prose, Sherwood charts the history of this environmental and political conflict, examining the creation of the Alaska Game Commission in the early 1930s, the use of distorted science and menacing technologies, the antipathy of farmers and fishermen toward animals, and the prevailing belief in man's right to shoot wild animals at will. An incisive historical study of the flawed attempts to govern big game predation, "Big Game in Alaska" will be essential reading for historians and environmentalists alike.

Morgan Sherwood is an independent historian and the author of Alaska and the Pacific Rim and Exploration of Alaska, 1865-1900.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.11.2008
Verlagsort	Farmington Hills
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	1-60223-034-X / 160223034X
ISBN-13	978-1-60223-034-7 / 9781602230347
Zustand	Neuware