This text offers different ways for regarding human interactions with other species, from appealing ones like wolves to less popular ones like snail darters. Society struggles to decide what parts of nature matter and why. Ultimately, it argues, nature is a social product: what shall we make of it?
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Rik Scarce is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Montana State University and author of the popular and important environmental book Eco-Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement.
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Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature '. On page 13 of this 236 page analysis, the author introduces the concept of `rationality'. He defines it as the "emphasis on efficiency, predictability, calculability, and control. " So even in such wild species as salmon, we structure the outcomes and thereby the fish and the fishery. Geographic area of concentration - the Pacific Northwest, particularly the Snake, Columbia, and Fraser Rivers. UNillustrated. Might be thought of as scientific philosophy. READ more about : smolt, salmon taxis, drawdowns, Bonneville Power, hatcheries, bootlegging, kokanee, milt, raceways, Native Americans, and carrying capacity. Includes an extensive index. Cond: Paper wrapper is white with a red spine and white lettering. Front cover graphic is several migrating, red-backed sockeye salmon. Tight, square , bright, and clean. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Excellent example of science outside the box. (He calls it sociology. ) Quote (p. 85) : " There they may carry with them microchips or coded bits of wire to allow biologists to gather experimental data. Throughout their lives these hatchery salmon are tooled - worked, manipulated, altered - and through this tooling they become society's instruments. " Size: 8vo. N° de réf. du vendeur 007640
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