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Lang Matl
Author Barrow, Mark V., 1960-

Title Nature's ghosts : confronting extinction from the age of Jefferson to the age of ecology / Mark V. Barrow, Jr

Imprint Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2009

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  QL84.2    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  QL84.2    Available
Description xi, 497 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents Bones of contention: the American incognitum and the discovery of extinction -- Paradise lost: unraveling the mysteries of insular species -- Sounding the alarm about continent-wide extinction -- Nationalism, nostalgia, and the campaign to save
Subject Wildlife conservation -- United States -- History
Endangered species -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
Extinction (Biology)
ISBN 0226038149