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Our islands, our selves : a history of conservation in New Zealand / David Young.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2004.Description: 298 pages : illustrations, (some color), col. maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1877276944 (hbk.) :
Subject(s):
Contents:
Patterns of antiquity -- Maori in Aotearoa -- Transforming landscape, transforming identity -- A dawning awareness -- Remnants preserved -- Sleeper's awake -- The price of progress -- Citizens of a living landscape.
Ch. 1. Patterns of antiquity -- Ch. 2. Maori in aotearoa -- Ch. 3. Transforming landscape, transforming identity -- Ch. 4. A dawning awareness -- Ch. 5. Remnants reserved -- Ch. 6. Sleepers awake -- Ch. 7. The price of progress -- Ch. 8. Citizens of a living landscape.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Suzanne Aubert Library at Jerusalem WG_JLIFE 333.72 YOU 1 Available T00500271
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Our Islands, Our Selves is a book for the general reader and tells the story of how a conservation ethic emerged in New Zealand. It looks at the phases of Maori settlement and how the need to preserve slowly became an element of the use of some resources. It identifies the issues, personalities and organizations of the past 200 years, as the country evolved from a "quarry economy" to a modern society grappling with erosion and flooding issues, predator proliferation, and habitat and species loss. As the concerns of the nation have shifted, the approaches to conservation have changed: from acclimatization of exotic species to national parks, the development of island sanctuaries and, now, an ecological approach that protects relationships as well as specific flora and fauna.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-288) and index.

Patterns of antiquity -- Maori in Aotearoa -- Transforming landscape, transforming identity -- A dawning awareness -- Remnants preserved -- Sleeper's awake -- The price of progress -- Citizens of a living landscape.

Ch. 1. Patterns of antiquity -- Ch. 2. Maori in aotearoa -- Ch. 3. Transforming landscape, transforming identity -- Ch. 4. A dawning awareness -- Ch. 5. Remnants reserved -- Ch. 6. Sleepers awake -- Ch. 7. The price of progress -- Ch. 8. Citizens of a living landscape.

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CHOICE Review

This book spans a unique history of human habitation, conservation, and land use ethics in New Zealand. Young (an independent scholar) begins his journey with some prehuman natural history and documents the arrival and transformation of the landscape by both the Maori and Europeans. He addresses some key ethical concerns regarding the presence of humans on a landscape and how people regard their relationship to the natural world. The book documents the ebb and flow of human concern and desire to conserve the unique New Zealand wild spaces. It is polished, well written, beautifully illustrated, and above all, well researched. The Department of Conservation and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage in New Zealand supported its production. More than just a catalog of conservation history, this book represents an attempt to synthesize current environmental understanding from several different cultural contexts, while examining the impacts of humans on a landscape as special as the one found in New Zealand. This work is intended for a wide range of readers--from coffee-table viewers to conservation practitioners. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. All levels. L. S. Rigg Northern Illinois University

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