The Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict - Couverture souple

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Farrell, Justin

 
9780691176307: The Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict
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ISBN 10 : 0691176302 ISBN 13 : 9780691176307
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Yellowstone holds a special place in America's heart. As the world's first national park, it is globally recognized as the crown jewel of modern environmental preservation. But the park and its surrounding regions have recently become a lightning rod for environmental conflict, plagued by intense and intractable political struggles among the federal government, National Park Service, environmentalists, industry, local residents, and elected officials. The Battle for Yellowstone asks why it is that, with the flood of expert scientific, economic, and legal efforts to resolve disagreements over Yellowstone, there is no improvement? Why do even seemingly minor issues erupt into impassioned disputes? What can Yellowstone teach us about the worsening environmental conflicts worldwide?

Justin Farrell argues that the battle for Yellowstone has deep moral, cultural, and spiritual roots that until now have been obscured by the supposedly rational and technical nature of the conflict. Tracing in unprecedented detail the moral causes and consequences of large-scale social change in the American West, he describes how a "new-west" social order has emerged that has devalued traditional American beliefs about manifest destiny and rugged individualism, and how morality and spirituality have influenced the most polarizing and techno-centric conflicts in Yellowstone's history.

This groundbreaking book shows how the unprecedented conflict over Yellowstone is not all about science, law, or economic interests, but more surprisingly, is about cultural upheaval and the construction of new moral and spiritual boundaries in the American West.

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À propos de l?auteur

Justin Farrell is assistant professor of sociology in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691176302
ISBN 13 
9780691176307
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
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9780691164342: The Battle for Yellowstone: Morality and the Sacred Roots of Environmental Conflict

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0691164347 ISBN 13 :  9780691164342
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2015
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