The politics of scale : a history of rangeland science / by Sayre, Nathan Freeman

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Rangelands, science, and the politics of scale -- Producing the range : extermination and fences -- Fire and climax : bureaucratic divisions of scientific labor -- Squinting at blind spots : Southwestern rangelands and the consolidation of successional theory -- Fixing stocking rates : monitoring and the politics of measurement -- To manage or manipulate : natural versus artificial improvement of depleted rangelands -- The Western range goes global : neo-malthusianism and pastoral development -- Till the cows come home : overseas failures and critiques of range science -- Conclusion: Capital, climate, and community-based conservation.…”
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Food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity : constructing and contesting knowledge /

Table of Contents: “…Light and Kristen Blann -- On non-equilibrium and nomadism : knowledge, diversity and global modernity in drylands / Sian Sullivan and Katherine Homewood -- Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya and the Malthusian paradigm in contemporary development thinking / Eric B. …”
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Food from the sea : the economics and politics of ocean fisheries / by Bell, Frederick W.

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