Sayre, Nathan Freeman,

The politics of scale : a history of rangeland science / Nathan F. Sayre. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. Rangelands, science, and the politics of scale -- Producing the range: extermination and fences -- Fire and climax: bureaucratic divisions of scientific labor -- Squinting at blind spots: Southwestern rangelands and the consolidation of successional theory -- Fixing stocking rates: monitoring and the politics of measurement -- To manage or manipulate: natural versus artificial improvement of depleted rangelands -- The Western range goes global: neo-malthusianism and pastoral development -- Till the cows come home: overseas failures and critiques of range science -- Conclusion. Capital, climate, and community-based conservation.



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Rangelands--History.--United States
Range ecology--United States.
Range ecology--Economic aspects--United States.
Range policy--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

SF85 / .P655 2017