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Roman, Joe, 1963-

Listed : dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act / Joe Roman. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - [vii], 360 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-346) and index.

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.

ISBN: 9780674047518 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0674047516 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010047785

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015743617 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Endangered species--United States.
Nature conservation--Government policy--History.--United States
Wildlife conservation--Government policy--History.--United States
Environmental protection--Economic aspects--United States.
Environmental policy--History.--United States
Endangered species--Law and legislation--Political aspects--United States.
Environmental law--Social aspects--History.--United States

LC Class. No.: QH76 / .R64 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 333.95/22160973