Civilizing nature: national parks in global historical perspective

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Preface List of Tables, Maps and Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: Towards a Global History of National Parks Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Hohler, Patrick Kupper PART I: PARKS AND EMPIRES Chapter 1. Unpacking Yellowstone: The American National Park in Global Perspective Karen Jones Chapter 2. How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies Melissa Harper and Richard White Chapter 3. Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation: National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa Caroline Ford Chapter 4. From Colonial Imposition to National Icon: Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells Chapter 5. A Bavarian Serengeti: Space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and Germany Bernhard Gissibl PART II: ORGANIZATIONS AND NETWORKS Chapter 6. Translating Yellowstone: Early European National Parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model Patrick Kupper Chapter 7. Framing the Heritage of Mankind: National Parks on the International Agenda Anna-Katharina Wobse Chapter 8. Global Values, Local Politics: Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park Brad Martin Chapter 9. Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife: Radiotracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and ChitwanNational Parks Etienne Benson PART III: NATIONS AND NATURES Chapter 10. A Revolutionary Civilization: National Parks, Transnational Exchanges, and the Construction of Modern Mexico Emily Wakild Chapter 11. Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park status to Dutch Man-made Landscapes and Colonial Game Reserves Henny van der Windt Chapter 12. Globalizing Nature: National Parks, Tiger Reserves, and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India Michael Lewis Chapter 13. Slovenia's Triglav National Park: From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape Carolin Firouzeh Roeder Epilogue: National Parks, Civilization and Globalization Jane Carruthers Select Bibliography