Endangered species
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This work examines the values, policies, challenges, and approaches to endangered species conservation over the past 200 years. Using primary source documents and in-depth analysis of the issues, it tracks the evolution of species protection and conservation in the United States, and offers a brief look at global programs in the United States and other parts of the world.
Title |
Endangered species : a documentary and reference guide / Edward P. Weber. |
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Publisher |
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood |
Distributor |
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing US |
Creation Date |
2016 |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
Content |
1. Wildlife extermination and conservation in a growing nation -- 2. Species protection in the age of industrialization and suburbanization (1916-1970) -- 3. A turning point in the quest to protect endangered species (1970-1981) -- 4. Flashpoints and milestones in species protection (1981-present) -- 5. Species loss around the globe (1918-present) -- 6. Endangered species in the twenty-first century. |
Series |
Documentary and reference guides |
Extent |
1 online resource (xxxi, 370 pages) : illustrations. |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997012196595805171 |
MARC RECORDS
Tags
- Endangered species.
- Endangered species Bibliography.
- Endangered animal species
- Endangered animals
- Endangered wildlife
- Threatened animal species
- Threatened animals
- Threatened species
- Threatened wildlife
- Vanishing species
- Vanishing wildlife
- Wildlife, Endangered
- Wildlife, Threatened
- Wildlife, Vanishing
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