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A monastery for the ibex : conservation, state, and the conflict of the Gran Paradiso, 1919-1949 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hardenberg, Wilko Graf von
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Ibex > Conservation > Italy > History > 20th century.
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps
  • A Paradise Reclaimed: An Introduction
  • 1. The Devils' Paradise: The Battle to Save the Ibex
  • 2. Managing Paradise: Structures of Conservation and Contexts of Conflict
  • 3. Trouble in Paradise: Protests, Appeasement, and Hunting
  • 4. A Blackshirt's Hell: Making Conservation Fascist
  • 5. Knowing Paradise: The Role of Science in Preservation
  • 6. Strangers in Paradise: Tourism and the Perception of Conservation
  • Resistant Paradise: An Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index