Listed dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act /
Roman, Joe, 1963-
Listed dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act / Joe Roman. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource ([vii], 360 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue : Boiling Spring -- In the name of the darter -- The Class of '67 -- Notes from the vortex -- The Endangered Species Act -- A handy handle -- Natural capital -- Magical thinking -- Grand experiments -- The panther's new genes -- Safe harbor -- Crying wolves -- Skating over thin ice -- Raising whales -- Questing -- The Hundred Acre Wood -- In which we upset the ethnobotanists -- Water wars -- The most beautiful sound -- The platinum blonde and the farm girl -- Epilogue : Extinction's in the house.
A lot has changed since the 1970s, when the tiny snail darter went extinct on the Little Tennessee River. Joe Roman helps us understand why we should all be happy about the sweeping law that made these changes possible. "Listed "is an engaging tale of endangered species in the wild and the people working to save them.
9780674061279
United States -- Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Endangered species--United States.
Nature conservation--Government policy--History.--United States
Wildlife conservation--Government policy--History.--United States
Environmental protection--Economic aspects--United States.
Environmental policy--History.--United States
Endangered species--Law and legislation--Political aspects--United States.
Environmental law--Social aspects--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
QH76 / .L578 2011
Listed dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act / Joe Roman. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource ([vii], 360 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue : Boiling Spring -- In the name of the darter -- The Class of '67 -- Notes from the vortex -- The Endangered Species Act -- A handy handle -- Natural capital -- Magical thinking -- Grand experiments -- The panther's new genes -- Safe harbor -- Crying wolves -- Skating over thin ice -- Raising whales -- Questing -- The Hundred Acre Wood -- In which we upset the ethnobotanists -- Water wars -- The most beautiful sound -- The platinum blonde and the farm girl -- Epilogue : Extinction's in the house.
A lot has changed since the 1970s, when the tiny snail darter went extinct on the Little Tennessee River. Joe Roman helps us understand why we should all be happy about the sweeping law that made these changes possible. "Listed "is an engaging tale of endangered species in the wild and the people working to save them.
9780674061279
United States -- Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Endangered species--United States.
Nature conservation--Government policy--History.--United States
Wildlife conservation--Government policy--History.--United States
Environmental protection--Economic aspects--United States.
Environmental policy--History.--United States
Endangered species--Law and legislation--Political aspects--United States.
Environmental law--Social aspects--History.--United States
Electronic Books.
QH76 / .L578 2011