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Wired Wilderness
Etienne Benson
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Description for Wired Wilderness
Scholars of and researchers involved in wildlife management will find this history both fascinating and revealing. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSV; RNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
American wildlife biologists first began fitting animals with radio transmitters in the 1950s. By the 1980s the practice had proven so useful to scientists and nonscientists alike that it became global. Wired Wilderness is the first book-length study of the origin, evolution, use, and impact of these now-commonplace tracking technologies. Combining approaches from environmental history, the history of science and technology, animal studies, and the cultural and political history of the United States, Etienne Benson traces the radio tracking of wild animals across a wide range of institutions, regions, and species and in a variety of contexts. He ... Read more
American wildlife biologists first began fitting animals with radio transmitters in the 1950s. By the 1980s the practice had proven so useful to scientists and nonscientists alike that it became global. Wired Wilderness is the first book-length study of the origin, evolution, use, and impact of these now-commonplace tracking technologies. Combining approaches from environmental history, the history of science and technology, animal studies, and the cultural and political history of the United States, Etienne Benson traces the radio tracking of wild animals across a wide range of institutions, regions, and species and in a variety of contexts. He ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Animals, History, Culture
Number of Pages
264
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801897108
SKU
V9780801897108
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99-11
About Etienne Benson
Etienne Benson received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Reviews for Wired Wilderness
An outstanding survey of how wild animals are tracked and documented. Midwest Book Review 2011 A much-needed reminder that human dimensions have influenced and will continue to influence the direction of wildlife conservation, science, and management just as much as changing technologies. Choice 2011