Ben A Minteer: 2 books
The Fall of the Wild
Extinction, De-Extinction, and the Ethics of Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
The passenger pigeon, the great auk, the Tasmanian tiger—the memory of these vanished species haunts the fight against extinction. Seeking to save other creatures from their fate in an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, wildlife advocates have become captivated by a narrative of heroic conservation...
Reconstructing Conservation
Finding Common Ground
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
In the 1990s, influenced by the deconstructionist movemin literary theory and trends toward revisionist history, a cadre of academics and historians led by William Cronon began raising provocative questions about ideas of wilderness and the commitments and strategies of the contemporary environmental...