1st Edition
In a Dark Wood A Critical History of the Fight Over Forests
By Alston Chase
Copyright 2001
576 Pages
by
Routledge
576 Pages
by
Routledge
535 Pages
by
Routledge
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In a Dark Wood presents a history of debates among ecologists over what constitutes good forestry, and a critique of the ecological reasoning behind contemporary strategies of preservation, including the Endangered Species Act. Chase argues that these strategies, in many instances adopted for political, rather than scientific reasons, fail to promote biological diversity and may actually harm... Read more
1: The Search for Nature; I: Crisis: What is Nature? 1960-1972; 2: Cork Boot Fever; 3: Mr. Redwood; 4: The Eco Raiders; 5: Rebels with a Cause; 6: Life in The Peace Zone; II: Discovery: Nature is An Ancient Forest 1973-1981; 7: Building An Ark; 8: A Law for All Seasons; 9: A New Metaphor for Nature; 10: The Birth of Biocentrism; 11: The Owl Shrieked; 12: The Reluctant Researchers; 13: The New Forestry; III: Response: The Biocentric Revolution 1982-1990; 14: Night on Bald Mountain; 15: The Network; 16: Wall Street Forestry; 17: Occurrence at All Species Grove; 18: The Age of Extremism; 19: The Paradigm Shift; 20: Wobblies and Yellow Ribbons; 21: The Easter Sunday Massacre; 22: Forests Forever; 23: Fred, The Walking Rainbow; 24: Stepping on An Anthill; 25: Redwood Summer; IV: Consequences: The Season of Our Uncertainty 1991-; 26: Diaspora; 27: Home, Sweet Home; 28: The Forest Summit; 29: The Inferno; 30: In a Dark Wood
Biography
Alston Chase
