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| Title: | Our Islands, Our Selves
: A History of Conservation in New Zealand |
| Author: | David Young |
| ISBN: | 1877276944 : 9781877276941 |
| Illustrations: | colour & b/w photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 195x260mm |
| Pages: | 298 |
| Weight: | 1.16 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Otago Press - October 2004 |
| List Price: | 32.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Australasian & Pacific history: Environmentalist; conservationist & Green organiza: Conservation of the environment: New Zealand |
Beginning his history in antiquity, David Young follows the development of the New Zealand's conservationism from its first inhabitants to its "quarry economy" to its current problems of erosion, flooding, predator proliferation, and the loss of habitat and species. Throughout the volume, Young, the author of several books and essays about history and the environment, emphasises conservation's cultural origins. The text is beautifully illustrated with photographs of exotic flora and fauna, sketches, and portraits of conservation leaders.
Introduction; Patterns of Antiquity; Maori in Aotearoa; Transforming Landscape, Transforming Identity; A Dawning Awareness; Remnants Reserved; Sleepers Awake; The Price of Progress; Citizens of a Living Landscape; Notes; Index.
