Civilizing Nature : : National Parks in Global Historical Perspective / / ed. by Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Benson, Etienne,; Carruthers, Jane,; Ford, Caroline,; Gissibl, Bernhard,; Harper, Melissa,; Höhler, Sabine,; Jones, Karen,; Kathirithamby-Wells, Jeyamalar,; Kupper, Patrick,; Lewis, Michael,; Martin, Brad,; Roeder, Carolin Firouzeh,; Wakild, Emily,; White, Richard,; Windt, Henny J. van der,; Wöbse, Anna-Katharina,
• HerausgeberIn: Gissibl, Bernhard,; Höhler, Sabine,; Kupper, Patrick,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Environment in History: International Perspectives ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

National parks are one of the most important and successful institutions in global environmentalism. Since their first designation in the United States in the 1860s and 1870s they have become a global phenomenon. The development of these ecological and political systems cannot be understood as a simple reaction to mounting environmental problems, nor can it be explained by the spread of environmental sensibilities. Shifting the focus from the usual emphasis on national parks in the United States, this volume adopts an historical and transnational perspective on the global geography of protected areas and its changes over time. It focuses especially on the actors, networks, mechanisms, arenas, and institutions responsible for the global spread of the national park and the associated utilization and mobilization of asymmetrical relationships of power and knowledge, contributing to scholarly discussions of globalization and the emergence of global environmental institutions and governance.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION Towards a Global History of National Parks -- PART I Parks and Empires -- CHAPTER 1 Unpacking Yellowstone: The American National Park in Global Perspective -- CHAPTER 2 How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies -- CHAPTER 3 Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation: National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa -- CHAPTER 4 From Colonial Imposition to National Icon: Malaysia’s Taman Negara National Park -- CHAPTER 5 A Bavarian Serengeti: Space, Race and Time in the Entangled History of Nature Conservation in East Africa and Germany -- PART II Organizations and Networks -- CHAPTER 6 Translating Yellowstone: Early European National Parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model -- CHAPTER 7 Framing the Heritage of Mankind: National Parks on the International Agenda -- CHAPTER 8 Global Values, Local Politics: Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park -- CHAPTER 9 Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife: Radio Tracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and Chitwan National Parks -- PART III Nations and Natures -- CHAPTER 10 A Revolutionary Civilization: National Parks, Transnational Exchanges and the Construction of Modern Mexico -- CHAPTER 11 Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park Status to Dutch Manmade Landscapes and Colonial Game Reserves -- CHAPTER 12 Globalizing Nature: National Parks, Tiger Reserves and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India -- CHAPTER 13 Slovenia’s Triglav National Park: From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape -- EPILOGUE National Parks, Civilization and Globalization -- Select Bibliography -- Notes on Contributors -- Index