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Predatory Bureaucracy
Michael J. Robinson
其他書名
The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West
出版University Press of Colorado, 2005
主題History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)Nature / DogsNature / Environmental Conservation & ProtectionNature / Animals / MammalsNature / Animals / WolvesNature / Endangered SpeciesNature / RegionalPolitical Science / Public Policy / Environmental PolicyScience / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
ISBN087081818X9780870818189
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=0LHuAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Predatory Bureaucracy is the definitive history of America's wolves and our policies toward predators. Tracking wolves from Coronado's day to the present, author Michael Robinson shows that their story merges with that of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey. This federal agency was chartered to research insects and birds but'because of various pressures'morphed into a political powerhouse operating wildlife-extermination programs. Drawing on deep research and wide reading, Robinson's narrative follows the wolves from the eras of explorers and mountain men through the wolves' 120-year entanglement with the federal government. He shares the parallel story of the Survey's rise, detailing the forces that allowed extermination programs to continue'despite opposition from hunters, animal lovers, scientists, environmentalists, and presidents'though the agency's mission and even its name changed. Predatory Bureaucracy will fascinate readers interested in environmental politics and wildlife.