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The fate of nature : rediscovering our ability to rescue the earth / Charles Wohlforth

Author
Wohlforth, Charles, 1963-
Published
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, [2010]
Copyright Date
©2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
x, 434 pages : map ; 25 cm

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Contents
Part I. The Context: Natural History and Human Nature -- 1. The Gulf of Alaska Cauldron -- 2. Killer Whale Culture and Human Spirituality -- 3. Chugach Culture and the Spirits of Nature -- 4. How Animals Think -- 5. Thinking and Being a Person -- 6. The Essence of Carol Treadwell -- 7. Connected or Alone -- Part II. The Enlightenment Comes to Alaska -- 8. How Captain Cook Saw Alaska -- 9. Rethinking the Moon -- 10. Competition in Men and Snails -- 11. The Russian Conquest of Alaska -- 12. The American Conquest of Alaska -- 13. Evolution, Free Will, and Hope -- Part III. How Conservation Happened -- 14. Taming the Gold Rush -- 15. The Anatomy of Sharing -- 16. Catalysts for Conservation -- 17. Whistle-blowers to Save Alaska -- 18. Conservation and Eugenics -- 19. Fantasy Meets Reality at Katalla -- Part IV. Property Rights and Community Rights -- 20. Chenega Destroyed -- 21. Ownership in a Liquid World -- 22. Clem Tillion and the Ownership of the Sea -- 23. An Alternative to Tragedy -- 24. Chenega Reborn -- 25. Native People Become Native Corporations -- 26. The Broken Covenant -- Part V. Exxon Valdez: Blackness Visible -- 27. Finding Oil -- 28. Costs and Values -- 29. A Community Collapses -- 30. Rick Steiner and the Fight for the Trees -- 31. Understanding Life as a System -- 32. Hearts Connect to the Coastal Forest -- Part VI. Conclusion: The Problem and Hope -- 33. Choosing Good (Beach Cleaners Part 1) -- 34. How Change Happens -- 35. Chenega's Next Generation -- 36. The Hedonic Treadmill -- 37. Making a Difference (Beach Cleaners Part 2) -- 38. Celebrations.
Summary
Draws on behavioral science to assess environmental protection activities in Alaska, in a partly philosophical analysis that cites the examples of such groups as evolutionary scientists, hippie activists, and oil tycoons.
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ISBN
9780312377373 (alk. paper)
0312377371 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-417) and index.
Source of Acquisition
DuBois copy: Purchased with funds from the Robert E. and Joyce L. Umbaugh Libraries Endowment for the Penn State DuBois Campus Library; 2009.
Endowment Note
Robert E. and Joyce L. Umbaugh Libraries Endowment for the Penn State DuBois Campus Library
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