TY - BOOK AU - Sayre,Nathan Freeman TI - The politics of scale: a history of rangeland science SN - 9780226083391 AV - SF85 .P655 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Chicago PB - The University of Chicago Press KW - Rangelands KW - United States KW - History KW - Range ecology KW - Economic aspects KW - Range policy KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1463690&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -