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Author Roman, Joe, 1963-

Title Listed : dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act / Joe Roman.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (vii unnumbered pages, 360 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue : Boiling Spring -- In the name of the darter -- The Class of '67 -- Notes from the vortex -- The Endangered Species Act -- A handy handle -- Natural capital -- Magical thinking -- Grand experiments -- The panther's new genes -- Safe harbor -- Crying wolves -- Skating over thin ice -- Raising whales -- Questing -- The Hundred Acre Wood -- In which we upset the ethnobotanists -- Water wars -- The most beautiful sound -- The platinum blonde and the farm girl -- Epilogue : Extinction's in the house.
Summary A lot has changed since the 1970s, when the tiny snail darter went extinct on the Little Tennessee River. Joe Roman helps us understand why we should all be happy about the sweeping law that made these changes possible. "Listed "is an engaging tale of endangered species in the wild and the people working to save them.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973.
United States.
Endangered species -- United States.
Endangered species.
United States.
Nature conservation -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
Nature conservation -- Government policy.
History.
Nature conservation.
Wildlife conservation -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
Wildlife conservation -- Government policy.
Wildlife conservation.
Environmental protection -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Environmental protection -- Economic aspects.
Environmental policy -- United States -- History.
Environmental policy.
Endangered species -- Law and legislation -- Political aspects -- United States.
Endangered species -- Law and legislation.
Environmental law -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Environmental law -- Social aspects.
Environmental law.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Roman, Joe, 1963- Listed. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011 9780674047518 (DLC) 2010047785 (OCoLC)676725398
ISBN 9780674061279 (electronic book)
0674061276 (electronic book)
9780674047518
0674047516