Rewilding the West

Rewilding the West
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0520943171
ISBN-13 : 9780520943179
Rating : 4/5 (179 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Rewilding the West by : Richard Manning

Download or read book Rewilding the West written by Richard Manning and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command," begins Richard Manning's vivid, anecdotally driven account of the American plains from native occupation through the unraveling of the American enterprise to today. As he tells the story of this once rich, now mostly empty landscape, Manning also describes a grand vision for ecological restoration, currently being set in motion, that would establish a prairie preserve larger than Yellowstone National Park, flush with wild bison, elk, bears, and wolves. Taking us to an isolated stretch of central Montana along the upper Missouri River, Manning peels back the layers of history and discovers how key elements of the American story—conservation, the New Deal, progressivism, the yeoman myth, and the idea of private property—have collided with and shaped this incomparable landscape. An account of great loss, Rewilding the West also holds out the promise of resurrection—but rather than remake the plains once again, Manning proposes that we now find the wisdom to let the prairies remake us.


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