312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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Our attitudes towards `nature' and the countryside are fickle. The conservation movement, despite enjoying its highest membership ever, has achieved only limited success over the last one hundred years of campaigning. Can conservationists now shake off their insular, disunited and negative image so as to gain the influence that the size of their movement warrants? A History of Nature... Read more
Introduction., 1. The Why and the Wherefore 2. 'Prehistory': Isolation and Ideals, 3. 1890-1940: Societies and Surburbia, 4. 1940s: National Parks and Nature Reserves, 5. 1950s: Refuges and Reconstruction, 6. 1960s: New Conservationists and the Countryside Acts, 7. 1970s: Going Public and `Getting Places,, 8. 1980s: Building Bridges and Bringing Down Barriers, 9. 1990s: Government Inertia and Global Initiative, 10. Future: The Mechanics and The Mission
Biography
Evans, David
`This first class, accurate and up-to-date account deserves to be widely read by all who have an interest in nature conservation.' - Habitat
