Big Game in Alaska: A History of Wildlife and People

The development of Alaskan wildlife management is an engrossing saga, and Morgan Sherwoods vivid writing brings to life the people and politics that shaped its course. A symbolic legal confrontation over hunting rights between General Simon Buckner and the Alaska Game Commission is at the center of this story of the conflict between hunters and those concerned for the hunted. Sherwood shows how attitudes and values in the lower forty-eight states affected federal wildlife policies in Alaska.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Morgan Sherwood is an independent historian and the author of Alaska and the Pacific Rim and Exploration of Alaska, 1865-1900.

Zusammenfassung

With the Klondike gold rush, a struggle erupted in Alaska between the protection of big game animals and man's economic ambitions. This title charts the history of this environmental and political conflict, examining the creation of the Alaska Game Commission in the early 1930s, and the use of distorted science and menacing technologies.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Morgan Sherwood, Morgan B. Sherwood
• Verlag: Univ Of Alaska Pr
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9781602230347
• ISBN: 978-1-60223-034-7
• Seiten: 224
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 226 mm x 13 mm
• Gewicht: 340 g
• Serien: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith; mersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Thema: Ratgeber > Natur